Posted on 11/16/2012 4:35:56 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
Twilight of the Twinkies.
Hostess has buyers lined up already. And those buyers want the brands and the recipes only. The don’t want the Hostess drivers and bakers. They already have their own. And any private equity company that might buy the brands will not buy the operations and bakeries, either. The baking business is a terrible business these days and there’s a ton of overcapacity.
“Another case of unions hanging themselves.”
After these workers run out their unemployment benefits and are forced to look for work, what is the likelihood that company will be unionized? I think it unlikely. So the unions hang themselves twice in this case.
I am going to buy a package of Twinkies to enjoy one last time.
You'd think with Baraq handing out all those food stamps and TANF the business would be booming.
Bet they won’t be so happy looking soon, and I know they won’t be eating twinkies.
“Well, let’s say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of socialism in the United States. According to this morning’s sample it would be a Twinkie…thirty-five feet long weighing approximately six-hundred pounds.”
The Bottom Line..............
Because of the threats and violence that the union thugs will put on the new workers. Violence is the only real tool unions have.
” Most employees who lose their jobs should be eligible for government-provided unemployment benefits. “
That oughta pay a good, living wage.
“they were able to strike and shut the place down because being out of work paid more than working.”
They will find out that the claim made is false. Bakers, union or not, are well paid and they are going to have a very tough job keeping their hearth and home together in one piece.
I guarantee you that we will be seeing stories about these bakers losing their homes. Tough darts you goobers.
As Dear Leader Obama once said: “Elections have consequences.”
Vote to unionize a shop and suffer the consequences.
Vote for greedy commie thugs as your union leaders and suffer the consequences.
Vote for a racist, power mad, commie thug as president of the USA and suffer the consequences.
Drake's Coffee Cake and Drake's Devil Dogs, two of our favorites.
None of the look-alike products from other bakeries have quite the same flavor and quality.
Better to take an 100% pay cut than an 8% pay cut! Morons.
Last I checked with the HR drones, yes. You may not ask about past union membership, but you can (as I understand it, consult an appropriate lawyer for official advice before doing anything) ask who they voted for.
This is, as I understand it, legal. (I am not a lawyer.) You cannot ask about prior union membership or you open yourself up to charges. But you certainly are still allowed to say, “If this person was employed by company X, I do not want them working for me as I view the company as incompetent in their selection of personnel” or other similar declared logic.
I thought of that too. Blacklists that are based on information like that are also illegal.
And unnecessary if you are looking at resumes and know how to use Google.
I’m tired of following the left’s laws. Eff em.
Amazing how stupid the Union Mentality is. I've seen this crap over and over. They will go on strike for months for a 25 cent raise and if you figure in the wages lost in the strike it takes them 10 years or more just to break even. Sometimes longer. But the Union Fatcats get their checks no matter what.
The mind boggles at the stupidity involved.
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