Hostess closing Seattle bakery; 110 workers affected

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[chessplayer]

Hostess Brands Inc. is permanently closing three bakeries following a nationwide strike by its bakers union.

The maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread said Monday that the strike has prevented it from producing and delivering products, and it is closing bakeries in Seattle, St. Louis and Cincinnati. The facilities employ 627 workers.

Thousands of members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union went on strike Nov. 9 to protest cuts to wages and benefits under a new contract offer, which the union rejected in September. Union officials say the company stopped contributing to workers' pensions last year.

Hostess has argued that workers must make concessions as it tries to improve its financial position.

[reader25]

So now they have gone on strike. Hostess has closed the plant and all are out of a job. Clearly they are better off, right? Continuing to provide additional funds to a union controlled pension fund is the same as making a contribution to Democratic (socialist) Party. Now all qualify for government food stamps and other government hand outs. They are set for a life in poverty. This is the Dems and Obama’s American dream.

[Prov1322]

Trying to generate some sympathy for union jobs lost by stupidity...NOPE, can’t do it...

[COBOL2Java]

Doesn't seem fair now that pot is legal in WA.

From Ding Dongs to big bongs...

[COBOL2Java]

LOL!

[DH]

Typical response from Union parasites.

If the Socialist bum didn’t like the work and pay....hey....the door is open to go find an employer and work that you enjoy......like the rest of the non-union workers do. He probably made $48,000 per year (+ bennies) watching twinkies go into an automatic packaging machine.

[pepperdog]

Someone will pick up the twinkies, but the ding dongs are probably gone for good.

[classified]

Are you factoring in each current day"s layoffs, into your layoff list that you posted here? If so, would you message me the daily list or post them somewhere, so Freepers can update their list. I have been sending your list to my husband and friends by email, but I would like to keep it current. Thanks!

[classified]

Are you factoring in each current day"s layoffs, into your layoff list that you posted here? If so, would you message me the daily list or post them somewhere, so Freepers can update their list. I have been sending your list to my husband and friends by email, but I would like to keep it current. Thanks!

[Peet]

I do not like twinkles and hostess cupcakes that much. But they last forever and might be a fun break from our prepper food in the future. Think I will stock up.

If you dig around in the archives of americastestkitchen.com or cookscountry.com (or any others in that franchise) you can find a recipe for GOOD homemade "Hostess Cupcakes'.

One of the girls (Bridgett or Julia) made them from scratch, chocolate cake, cream filling, glossy brown frosting and accurate right down to the white "swirlie" on top.

Now, if we can only get one of the girls to synthesize twinkies...

[Prov1322]

Are you also using this site...

http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/

[Vaduz]

Yep sales of Night Train Express expected to increase.

[null and void]

Are you factoring in each current day"s layoffs, into your layoff list that you posted here? If so, would you message me the daily list or post them somewhere, so Freepers can update their list. I have been sending your list to my husband and friends by email, but I would like to keep it current. Thanks!

I update it daily. I don't know how to best keep it in the public eye, and your sending it out is appreciated.

I have a date column which I don't include. Should I?

I also appreciate any new reports from anywhere.

Would there be a value to a plant/business closures block, even if the actual number of jobs lost can't be teased out of the announcement? I'm trying to avoid double counting people laid off, I want my chart to be an unquestionable best case (which is plenty bad enough!)

So far, nearly 42,000 since the election. At this rate that should be approximately 180,000 by Pearl Harbor Day.

And this only includes big company layoffs, not God only knows how many Mom'n'Pops letting go a waitress or two.

[null and void]

Since the election:

Layoff numbers

Organization	# Laid off	Running total	Sector	Notes
AMD	400	400	Electronics
American Coal	54	454	Energy
Ameridose	790	1244	Health
Art Gallery of Windsor	12	1256	Art Gallery	Canada
Associated Milk Producers Inc	130	1386	Agriculture
ATI	172	1558	Education
Atlantic Lotto Corp	16	1574	Gaming
Bartikowsky Jewelers	25	1599	Retail	Business closure
Brake Parts LLC	75	1674	Automotive
Bristol-Myers Squibb	479	2153	Health
Career Education Corp	900	3053	Education
Caterpillar	100	3153	Construction Eq
Center for Hospice and Palliative Care	40	3193	Health
Cigna	1300	4493	Health
Commerzbank AG	6000	10493	Finacial Services	Cuts in Germany
Community Newspaper Holdings Inc	21	10514	Media
Corning	100	10614	Manufacturing
Covidien	595	11209	Health
Crouse Hospital Syracuse	70	11279	Health
CVPH	17	11296	Health
Dana Holding Corp	7	11303	Automotive
dapd	100	11403	Media	Cuts in Gemany
DuPont	64	11467	Defense	Kevlar/Nomex plant. Planning 1500 layoffs 2013.
Energizer	1500	12967	Energy
Ericsson	1550	14517	Consumer Electronics	Cuts in Sweden
Exide	150	14667	Energy
Gameforge Berlin	20	14687	Online Games	Cuts in Germany
Groupon	600	15287	Consumer
Hamilton FD	17	15304	Government	Firefighters
Hawker Beechcraft	410	15714	Aerospace
Hill-Rom	200	15914	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Hostess Brands	627	16541	Food
Husqvarna	600	17141	Tools	Cuts in Sweden
Iberia	7000	24141	Airline	Cuts in Spain
ING	2350	26491	Finacial Services
Iron Range	4	26495	Non-profit	Battered women
Kinetic Concepts	427	26922	Health
Lightyear Network Solutions	14	26936	Software/internet
Lower Bucks Hospital	30	26966	Health
Lulu	9	26975	Publishing	More to come
Majestic Star Cassino	80	27055	Entertainment
Medtronic	500	27555	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Mills Manufacturing	68	27623	Defense
Mississippi County AR	12	27635	Government
Momentive Performance Materials	150	27785	Chemicals
Murray Energy Corporation	48	27833	Energy
NBCUniversal	500	28333	Media
New Energy	40	28373	Energy
OCE	135	28508	Office equip
Penn Refrigeration	40	28548	Commercial Service
PerkinElmer	66	28614
Pratt & Whitney Rockedyne	100	28714	Aerospace
Providence Journal	23	28737	Media
Research in Motion	200	28937	Consumer Electronics
SAS	6000	34937	Airline	Cuts in Scandinavian countries
Smith & Nephew	104	35041	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
Southeastern Container	15	35056	Consumer
SRA International	222	35278	IT Federal contractor
St Jude Medical	300	35578	Health
Stryker	96	35674	Med Eq/Dev Mfg
TE Connectivity	620	36294	Electronics
Teco Coal Corporation	90	36384	Energy
The Commercial Appeal	11	36395	Media
TMX Group, Ltd.	100	36495	Finacial Services	Cuts in Canada
TurboCare	88	36583	Energy
U.S. Cellular	980	37563	Electronics
Umatilla Chemical Depot	34	37597	Defense
UtahAmerican Energy	102	37699	Energy
Vestas	3000	40699	Energy
Welch Allyn	275	40974	Med Eq Mfg
West Ridge Mine	102	41076	Energy
Westinghouse	17	41093	Hi Tech Services
Westinghouse Anniston	50	41143	Defense
Wingspan Portfolio Advisors	459	41602	Finacial Services
Wright-Patterson	115	41717	Defense
Yakima Regional Medical Center	10	41727	Health

Layoffs without exact number specified

Organization	% Laid off	# Affected	Sector	Notes
Boeing Defense, Space & Security	30		Defense	Executive Staff
Dana			Automotive	"A large number"
EMD Millipore	2		Biotech
Plexus Corp			Manufacturing
Saugerties, NY			Government
SCA			Paper products
Slidell, LA			Government	"Will try to spread equally"
Standard Bank Group	10		Banking	London
United Blood Services	10		Health	All staff
Wilkes-Barre, PA			Government	Firefighters

Worker Reduction In Scheduled Time (to below ObamaCare threshold)

Organization	% WRIST	# Affected	Sector	Notes
Darden Restaurants			Food service
JANCOA Janitorial Services			Janitorial Service
Kroger			Grocery
Applebee's			Food service
Papa John's			Food service

Updated 11/13/12 at 9:00 AM PST

[classified]

Thanks again!

[tdscpa]

They can have my Ding Dong when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!

Um, sorry honey, please tell the preacher not to use that line at my funeral, and I swear I never laid a hand on my Ding Dong.

[Tainan]

I think I remember a song about that...no..wait...it was "My Ding-A-Ling"...(I was too old for it to be a 'mis-spent youth'...lol.

My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry

[Tainan]

A little (a lot) better version...
My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry 1872

[redgolum]

Hostess is done. They were going under before the election, and now they have no hope.

Sad.