No more Twinkies, Snowballs, Ho-Hos or Ding Dongs

[Scrappy Doo]

Originally Posted by 11BEE

Unions! They can destroy any company given enough time.

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

I thought at first the title was about banned members of C5.....


Seriously, this is another example of why unions have had their day and its time to disband them. Anytime they would rather shut down a company and put 18,000 people out of work over taking a 8% pay cut and keeping everyone working is completely stupid.

See quote below.....

Originally Posted by toesuf94

As a supplier to the baking industry, one other major issue facing Hostess/Sweetheart Baking is the age of the plants they use. Most are over 50 years old and very inefficient. The costs of the labor coupled with much needed machinery updates are the main reasons Hostess is where it is at today. It is pretty sad that a company with assets that are paid off cannot afford to update plants due to the costs of labor overwhelming them in a shrinking market. I am sure the names and products will live on...just in a new plant with up to date equipment that will do the work of these plants with a third or less of the people they have now.

Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ

A one week strike by a few thousand employees of 18000+ total and they shut the place down?

Wow.

Sent from my Galaxy Note

Exactly. There are deeper problems at Hostess and lots not scape goat the unions because they are an easy target.

I'm sure the small union that voted to strike wanted to call hostess' bluff on closing the entire company. They lost. Granted seems stupid to me to risk it, but they voted and now have to live with the consequences.

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by papawattz

the bright side, less Fat people

You are hilarious....

[C5RocksC5]

I have had more than my share of twinkies but can't say I will miss them.

[toesuf94]

Originally Posted by C5RocksC5

I have had more than my share of twinkies but can't say I will miss them.

I can honestly say that while I enjoyed the occasional Twinkie, Ho Ho, Snoball, or Suzie Q...I have never told myself "That was AWESOME...GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE!!" So, no, I would not miss them.

[2010 SSRS]

I thought Drakes was a separate company, so no more ring dings and yodels either, the world is going to end now, lol

[toesuf94]

Drakes is dead as well, yes.

http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/1...ad-operations/

[Angrybird 12]

They are an American Icon. It's almost like when John Wayne died.... No matter if you loved them or hated them you had heard of them...

[2010 SSRS]

Originally Posted by toesuf94

Drakes is dead as well, yes.

http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/1...ad-operations/

they better not cancel Christmas next

[2ndgenz28]

Worst part is it was one union covering only 30% of the employees that caused this mess. The other 70% wanted to keep their jobs.

[PalmerGA]

Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

Keep a job at a long-standing American icon and tighten my belt like everyone else and pull my own weight.

Or shut the place down and look confused when no one wants to hire you before those who would of taken a 50% cut to keep a job, any job.

Aren't unions a wonderful thing...

[PalmerGA]

Originally Posted by papawattz

Wait until you have ANY issues/problems and see how long OSHA takes to resolve those issues/problems, if you get it resolved at all. OSHA (there is no other orginizations to support workers rights and safety) was started in 1971 mostly for job sites(typically non-union) where contractors and or business owners had no regard for the workers safety! And actually OHSA is just for safety, they can give two S*&ts about your rights! You obviously worked for crappy union shop!

So you're saying OSHA only provides safety inspections, etc. for Union shops? I didn't know that. I thought they had their nose in everyone's business's business.

[Mark's SS]

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

Aren't unions a wonderful thing...

Yes.

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

So you're saying OSHA only provides safety inspections, etc. for Union shops? I didn't know that. I thought they had their nose in everyone's business's business.

OSHA regulates workplace safety and health for all workers, union or not. You would not like your working conditions if they did not exist.

[papawattz]

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

So you're saying OSHA only provides safety inspections, etc. for Union shops? I didn't know that. I thought they had their nose in everyone's business's business.

What? where did I say that I think you need to read it again, my Camaro brother from a different mother

[Renegade]

Little Debbie will thrive