Posted on 04/14/2012 6:35:54 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
The company that makes Twinkies, Wonder bread and Ding Dongs says it's making a final offer to workers to accept cost-cutting before it asks a bankruptcy court to impose the cuts.
Hostess Brands Inc. wants the Teamsters and bakers' unions to accept reduced pension benefits and changes in work rules to lower costs. It wants to outsource some delivery work.
The company said Saturday that if the unions reject the offer, it will push ahead with efforts in bankruptcy court to throw out the unions' collective bargaining agreements. A union official warned that could lead to a strike.
Hostess Brands filed for Chapter 11 protection in January, its second trip through bankruptcy court in less than a decade. A trial to decide the fate of the union contracts is scheduled to start Tuesday.
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So unions are killing the twinkie. Makes me think of the movie Zombieland.
Maybe Obama will bail them out?
More union extortion brings down another company.
When will this country ever learn?
Another reason THIS administration needs to be replaced in total.....the union army of purchased voters needs to be scattered.
Hey Hostess..
move to Texas.
Yea,well the guy in Zombieland won’t be the only one who’s seriously pissed when twinkies go off the market.
A Twinkie Summit???
There are a couple of national brands pastry companies that can easily fill the void after Hostess liquidates it’s brand
Clover hill and Freshleys bakery are just two that have national presence and the ability to fill market voids ....
Tasty Kakes is another regional brand that can fill the void
The teamsters are throwing away jobs and they know it...morons all
The cost to produce in Texas and transport to the Northeast is cost prohitive and pastry is date sensitive and would drive the cost up ....
The headquarters moved to Irving, Texas in 2009.
I live in Irving, and I hadn’t heard. lol
Does anybody care? If there were ever anything that should be allowed to just disintegrate - this is it. Twinkies and all that oher junk. Ewwwwwwwww!!!
Those using the Twinkie Defense do!
Maybe GM should give away a free carton of Twinkies™ with every Volt it sells.
It’s time for Twinkie Power to die. Unions can take the credit for the death. Harvey Milk and the Twinkie Murder are witnesses. They served us well. We need now someone with whole grain, low carbs, hi fiber, eco friendly, green Earth Alfalfa Chips to make us all have more GAS than cows.
If my brother and I don’t get our occasional Hostess cupcakes, we might go postal!
We do not currently buy their products but if they throw the union out we will do our best to support them.
If my brother and I don’t get our occasional Hostess cupcakes, we might go postal!
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