Hershey's sending more jobs to Mexico

As a Pennsylvania citizen, I've always had a soft spot for Hershey's chocolate.

Turns out the relentless flow of globalization is causing more jobs to get shipped down to Mexico.

Boycott Peppermint Patties, 5th Avenue, Zagnut and Jolly Ranchers.

Production of York Peppermint Patties and other candy brands is coming to an end at The Hershey Co. plant in Reading.

After 23 years in Reading, the chocolate maker is closing the plant Friday and moving production to a new factory it has built in Monterey, Mexico. Hershey (nyse: HSY - news - people ) says it will mean the loss of about 260 jobs in the southeastern Pennsylvania city.

The plant also makes 5th Avenue and Zagnut candy bars and Jolly Rancher hard candies.

Jobs, Candidates and NAFTA

While checking out some diaries on dailykos, I noticed this item of interest which I'd apparently missed back in February: Hershey is shutting down some of it's production in Hershey, PA and sending 1,500 jobs to Mexico. That will reduce U.S. and Canadian production from 90% to 80%. This floored me and pissed me off.

It was probably that same diary that reminded me of how that fact dovetails into Hillary's laughing off the results of NAFTA.



Screw this Hillary shit. She is part of the problem.

Vote for Edwards.