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Can you believe Hostess is going out of business?
Posted: Nov 16, 2012
It's hard for me to even imagine!
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Hostess - Effie
[ In Reply To ..]Hostess is owned by a group of stock investors and the company has filed for bankrupcy at least twice I think. So, not surprised but at the same time its a shame.
yeah, but it's crap food with no nutrition - sayanara, Hostess (nm)
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hey, that's my childhood you're talking about. - besides, not about the food. sm
[ In Reply To ..]Here is a company in business for 83 years, been having trouble for a while before the warehouse strike but surviving, albeit a struggle. Now this. When they needed the company as a whole to band together in order to get through these times, enter a union with their ME, ME stance to ante up and fold. Only thing is, they antied up tens of thousands of jobs across the nation...and it backfired.
This goes way deeper than you choose to see. What is happening out there is a tear down of the American Dream and nobody is safe...come on, something as solid (83 83 83 years) as Hostess? Not to mention all the other products made by them - not just cup cakes, you know.
Unemployment seems the United way now. Screw the American Dream...
I always adored their Ding-Dongs & Cupcakes, but - havent been able to afford them as an MT.
[ In Reply To ..]They never seemed to be on sale, either.
yeah. my son has worked for Hostess - for 12 years. His last day
[ In Reply To ..]Is Monday. He has 5 kids. Very sad
Good luck to him. - A friend of mine losing job, too.
[ In Reply To ..]I wish your son the best. Are they offering any kind of severence or something to tide him over until he finds another job? A friend of mine has been a delivery truck driver for them for at least 10 years. He is nearing retirement, so hopefully he can sign on with another company.
Thanks. - Nope, just UE
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no more Twinkies. sm - anon
[ In Reply To ..]Oh, that is sad about your son. I hope they will be okay. One of our friends just retired from Wonder Bread. He had been a mechanic there for many, many years. I hope it does not affect his pension.
Windy Willima, on TV, has some Twinkies stashed in a time - capsule. I say, time for a raid. nm
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Williams. Wendy Williams - nm
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I Sort of - Rest my Case About Unions
[ In Reply To ..]I'm sorry for those who have lost jobs, but I am one of those weirdos who is not for unions. They fight for someone to get paid $30 an hour to place a cherry on a cupcake. Sorry. Maybe that's extreme because they probably have a machine now to put the cherry on, but you get my point.
The unions did it to themselves, too big for their britches.
I would never, ever work for a union. This is exactly what happens. This is exactly what happened to the big car companies. Hellooo- $50 an hour to screw a bolt into a door? Who do you think pays for that?
exactly! well said. - anonMT
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Thank you! - Union Hater
[ In Reply To ..]Unions put these places out of business with their ridiculous demands. I have known union workers who made TONS of money. I am NOT against people making money, but the union mentality was that the big company OWED them for their very existance.
I actually heard a few talking one time and they knew there was a big problem with a piece of machinery they were making, but their only job was to put the gauge on. They didn't even care that something could go horribly wrong. "It's not my job" was the mentality. They were making upwards of $35 per hour to hook that gauge on, on the assembly line.
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