лесопилка в собственности рабочих (с)

громко сообщили и в новостях, и в местной консервативной газете, и конечно же лукавят. лесопилку при банкротстве собирались распродавать по цене металла, но передумали (расчищать место бывшей лесопилки встало бы провинции в 50 миллионов)... А "собственность рабочих" при ближайшем рассмотрении оказывается лишь четвертью их доли в капитале:

The ownership is diverse and 100-per-cent British Columbian. Harmac Pacific's parent company, Nanaimo Forest Products, is owned by its 230 employees, who have a 25-per-cent interest, and three other groups that hold 25 per cent each. They are:

n Pioneer Log Homes, of Williams Lake.

n Totzauer Holdings, a Fraser Valley construction company that used to provide services to the mill when it was owned by Pope & Talbot.

n Vancouver's Sampson family, which has private holdings in the Canadian oil and gas business. Levi Sampson is the son of business founder Ed Sampson.

All four groups had initially been following the summer-long bankruptcy proceedings separately.

To finance their share, each staff member and worker at the mill paid $10,000 and is committed to another $5,000 over the next three years for a total cost of $25,000.


( The Vancouver Sun February 27, 2009 )