Posted on 08/07/2013 3:48:33 PM PDT by matt04
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan has directed the state's Rapid Response Team to provide assistance to over 1,1100 workers losing their jobs with the closing of six Stop & Shop supermarket stores and six Shaw's stores last week.
The team, led by the Department of Resources and Economic Development, coordinates with companies and will hold in-person sessions to connect affected workers with services and job opportunities.
"New Hampshire is an all-hands-on-deck state, we pull together and pitch in to help those in need, and I will work to ensure that state government does its part," Hassan said in a statement Tuesday.
Quincy, Mass.-based Stop & Shop Supermarket LLC said Tuesday its six stores and three gas stations in New Hampshire will close by Sept. 21. It said they have not achieved performance goals. The closings in Bedford, Hudson, Exeter, Milford, and Manchester will affect about 670 employees.
Last week, Shaw's said it would close six of its 34 New Hampshire stores over the next month, affecting 450 employees.
(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...
Maybe not all? I recall something about union negations at stores in RI a while back.
“Are you saying (awkwardly) that “American” workers are not bilingual?”
I haven’t met any over 30 that are; some of the younger ones are more familiar with Spanish, but it is very difficult to speak fluently enough for a job. A lot of Hispanics think I speak Spanish well; I thank them and point out that I wouldn’t be mistaken for a native.
DRED deploys emergency welfare workers!
Its not my job to speak their language, I am not the one moving to their country
“Its not my job to speak their language, I am not the one moving to their country”
I understand that sentiment, but money talks: if the clients of a bank/supermarket/realtor are Spanish speakers, then those companies have no use for people limited to speaking English (especially when so many bilingual workers are imported here annually). My biggest objection is that if this is how it is, then our schools have to teach American children Spanish (or whatever other languages will help them get a job in this country).
That had taking up the slack from their fellow “workers” day in and day out. Hard to be cheerful doing the job of two or more people, not getting paid for it, and having the “managers” hand tied by the union so they cant’t fire the dead weight.
What % of people in rural NH speak only spanish?
“What % of people in rural NH speak only spanish?”
I have no idea, but a LOT of people in rural NJ do (they work on the farms; we see them when we take the kids to get pumpkins for Halloween). In my area (northern NJ), lack of Spanish/Portuguese makes it almost impossible to get a job that deals with customer service.
My experience here in NW Arkansas has been that the Mexican immigrants really have no incentive to learn English. The people who wish to do business with them hire Spanish speaking employees and cater to them.
Salvadorans, on the other hand, tend to assimilate very rapidly. They learn English, teach their kids English, become eager participants in the American way of life. They know they will never go back to El Salvador. A majority of Mexicans, however, intend to make lots of money and return to Mexico.
Lack of English should make it 100% impossible
She's an idiot...probably a beneficiary of the fraud that got Zero elected...
we has a Shaws, Market Basket and a Hannafords all within a few blocks and by far Shaws had the highest prices.
Same as Aldi’s and Trader Joes. The stores must have been unionized
That’s eleventy hundred.
A lot of the Latinos here in are illiterate in Spanish; the educated ones learn English and assimilate while the others never will. They can live here as though they were south of the border, with television, radio, co-workers and neighbors all speaking Spanish.
I don’t think any of them (regardless of country of origin) intend to go back; they spend too much money on beer to be sending much home. All have the latest electronic gadgets, clothes that cost more than many Americans’; they won’t give that up.
Not that I’m aware of, no.
0% of the people in rural NH speak Spanish.
” Loved the store. They were also good about hiring those that are as we say today, “challenged”.
Say what you want about Wal-Mart, but they try to do this also, giving “challenged” people a break...there was a cashier at one around here on the 20 items or less lane; he was a little slower and it ticked me off that customers would try to avoid him, and wouldn’t help him push stuff towards the scanner...like a valuable minute or two out of their busy goobery lives would be too costly to help the guy out. Unfortunately, I think his health declined further and I haven’t seen him in a while.
They were among the first to give attention to handicapped customers. This was good business. I hated shopping in crowds so it wasn’t unusual for me to shop at 11 or midnight several years ago. Surprise! MOST of the people in the place were handicapped and on carts (and not the 400 pound people you see during the day). The handicapped parking was full and the rest of the lot pretty empty. They don’t like crowds, either, for practical reasons!
I would almost get run over in the aisles.
You mean they want cashiers who can speak English too? Wow I thought only Starbucks hired fluent English speakers anymore.
Shaws prices are sky-high, It was just a matter of time before they started closing stores. Stop & Shop was never big in NH. Market Basket & SuperWalmart are taking over northern New England. Hannaford is ok, but they are startng to price like Shaw’s these days.
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