FROM THE COST COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
THE FIRST QUESTION DIRECTED AT
MR. HAVEN'T STEIN.
-- HAVENSTEIN.
THE ISSUE OF THE SUMMER --
MARKET BASKET.
THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AFTER
A ROCKY MONTH AND A HALF.
THAT INCLUDES
CONSUMERS.
A DEAL WAS REACHED AFTER
NEGOTIATIONS THAT INVOLVED
MAGGIE HASSAN AND DEVAL PATRICK.
MR. HAVEN'T STEIN -- HAV
ENSTEIN,
SHOULD GOVERNORS BE INVOLVED IN
PRIVATE BUSINESS MATTERS LIKE
THIS?
I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD.
THOSE MATTERS OUGHT TO BE BEST
SERVED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
NOT HAVING BEEN THE CEO OF
MARKET BASKET, I CAN SYMPATHIZE
WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND THE
CUSTOMERS.
WHAT WAS DISTURBING TO ME
THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAS
LACK OF ATTENTION PAID
TO THE
CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE LEADERS
OF MARKET BASKET, BOTH THE
FORMER CEO AND THE
CEO RECENTLY,
OFTEN LOST SIGHT OF THAT.
HAVING SAID THAT, I AM VERY GLAD
AT THE OUTCOME.
I AM VERY GLAD FOR THE
CONSUMERS, THE CUSTOMERS, AND
VERY MUCH HAPPY FOR THE
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE THE HEART AND
SOUL OF THAT COMPANY.
MR. HEMINGWAY, DO YOU THINK
IT WASN'T -- APPROPRIATE FOR
GOVERNORS TO INTERVENE IN THIS
PRIVATE BUSINESS MATTER?
GOING DOWN AND HAVING A
CLOSED-DOOR MEETING -- I DO NOT
KNOW HOW MUCH IMPACT THAT HAD.
IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE AVERAGE
CITIZENS RISE UP AND
DEMONSTRATE, AND BE ABLE TO
VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.THERE WERE NO UNIONS INVOLVED.
THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT
INVOLVEDIT WAS THE WORK OF THE FREE
MARKET.
ULTIMATELY, THE CONSUMERS AND
EMPLOYEES ONE.
I THINK THIS WAS AN AMAZING
THING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
WITNESS.
I AM THANKFUL THAT THERE WAS NOT
A LOT OF GOVERNMENT
INTEI AM EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
I BELIEVE THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE IS ULTIMATELY THE MOST
POWERFUL VOICE.
WE SAW THAT PLAYED OUT TODAY.
TO YOUR ANSWER, MR.
HAVENSTEIN -- IF THERE WAS A
DISPUTE AT BAE,
WHICH FOR YEARS
WAS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE
TH WORKERS, AT LEAST
TEMPORARILY, WOULD YOU HAVE
WELCOMED A MEDIATOR LIKE A
GOVERNOR?
I WOULD NOT HAVE WELCOMED A
MEDIATOR LIKE A GOVERNOR.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY I WOULD NOT
HAVE WELCOMED A MEDIATOR,
SOMEONE TO COME IN AND HELP US
RESOLVE THE DIFFERENCES.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT
MY
EXPERIENCE AT BA YOU SYSTEMS --
BAE
SYSTEMS, LIKE ALL COMPANIES,
WE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS, BUT
OUR FOCUS ON EMPLOYEES AND
CUSTOMERS, AND THAT MOTTO OF, WE
PROTECT THOSE WHO PROTECT US,
RAN TO THE JESUS OF WHAT WE WERE
ABOUT.
DOES TO THE ETHOS OF WHAT WE
WERE ABOUT.
I CANNOT IMAGINE HAVING THAT
SITUATION.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS
MYTHOLOGY ABOUT ARTIE T.?
IS HE A HERO?
IT IS INCREDIBLE, HIS ABILITY
TO BE A LEADER LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE LESSONS TO LEARN FROM
SOMEONE LIKE ARTIE T..
THE WAY HE
INSPIRED LOYALTY AND
DEVOTION FROM HIS EMPLOYEES AND
CONSUMERS ALIKE
-- I WOULD