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Former Hostess workers in Rocky Mount 'relieved' at plant closing (Can't get much dumber)
NBC 17 ^ | 11/16/2012 | JUSTIN QUESINBERRY

Posted on 11/16/2012 2:14:27 PM PST by tobyhill

Several former workers at a Hostess Brands plant in Rocky Mount said Friday they were relieved after the company filed for bankruptcy, seeking to close its operations.

The closings will mean the loss of about 18,500 jobs overall.

“They’ve been holding this over our head for a long time and now it’s here,” said Lamont Phillips, an oven operator and the president of the local union. “They had to do it.

“I don’t have to deal with that anymore. The things that they were trying to do to us, it wasn’t fair.

“They always hold that over our heads, that they’ll close it down. So, I’m like, ‘OK. Close it down.’”

And on Friday, Hostess did. The flag at a Hostess plant in Rocky Mount hung at half staff on Friday afternoon, and many former workers there hung around outside to talk about what had happened.

Hostess had offered an 8 percent pay cut, but Phllips said that wasn’t going to work for the employees.

“We’re not making a whole lot of money out here and then we got to take a pay cut like that. Then you got your health benefits going up,” he said. “They stopped paying into the pension fund. ….

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epicfail; jobs; karma; layoffs; losers; northcarolina; obama; obamacare
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To: xrmusn

They thin another company will buy it up and restore their pay and benefits. Seriously.


61 posted on 11/16/2012 2:54:36 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: massgopguy

Welfare and food stamps.


62 posted on 11/16/2012 2:55:46 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: cripplecreek

“5000 idiots cost another 13,000 people their jobs. Not to mention the jobs that will be lost in the surrounding communities.”

First of all: HELLO, CC! Still holdin’ down the conservative fort in MI? :)

Secondly, we had a string of a half-dozen calls on local
(The People’s Republik of Madistan) talk radio today telling of how they or a family member is directly impacted by this company closure. All the way up here in little old Wisconsin. Go figger!

If Hostess is smart, and the unions haven’t completely bled them dry of operating cash, why not start up with the same products (they OWN those trademarks, correct?) under a slightly different name as a NON-Union shop? I would, but then, I’m kinda vindictive that way, LOL!


63 posted on 11/16/2012 2:55:57 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: mvpel

Did you see Browncoats Unite?


64 posted on 11/16/2012 2:56:34 PM PST by wastedyears (I don't want to live on this planet anymore.)
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To: GeronL
On all the various 'Rat message boards, they're sniveling and whinnying about how "it's all about those Hostess bastards maximizing their profits on the backs of the poor, downtrodden, exploited workers."

"Profits."

In a company that's declared bankruptcy (TWICE!), mind you. ;)

65 posted on 11/16/2012 2:57:31 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: Oberon
My wife sees these folks at the Rocky Mount Wal-Mart all the time... using the EBT to buy better food than she’s buying with honest money, then taking it out to load it up in a better car than she’s driving...

I saw two Hispanic ladies load up their shopping carts. The second paid with EBT, and when the balance exceeded what was on her EBT (I think the first one, who was older may have also used EBT), she whipped out an American Express card. EBT... don't leave home without it.

66 posted on 11/16/2012 2:57:43 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: massgopguy
They were on Strike. You can’t collect.

There's nothing prohibiting them from filing for UI benefits and HR won't waste it's time protesting the UI claims because they will have more important things to attend to..........

67 posted on 11/16/2012 2:59:22 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: tobyhill

Union record keeping violations directed to Lamont...

http://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/CAP_Closing_Letters_2009/sept/bakery_LU503_09-18-09.pdf


68 posted on 11/16/2012 2:59:35 PM PST by kcvl
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Yep. What profits?

They were offered 25% stake in the company for a short-term 8% pay cut. They decided that Obama-Phones, food stamps and Section 8 were a better deal.


69 posted on 11/16/2012 2:59:42 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Safrguns

The unemployment was near 15% in one area. That means that there are no jobs.


70 posted on 11/16/2012 3:01:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We crushed the union ballot proposals on election day so that’s something.

I just read today that some 380 indirect jobs will be lost here in Michigan because of this idiocy.


71 posted on 11/16/2012 3:01:21 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Kozak

Now, the Obama benefits start....stay home collect, say 70% of your salary, go fishing for a couple of years....why worry...


72 posted on 11/16/2012 3:01:43 PM PST by B212
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To: massgopguy

Quite a few crossed the picket lines to try to keep the company afloat. I would guess that those can draw unemployment.


73 posted on 11/16/2012 3:02:35 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: tobyhill

I hope they mean “relief” as in “now we know which way it’s going, and we can respond to it.” Sometimes the not knowing is worse than the diagnosis.


74 posted on 11/16/2012 3:02:55 PM PST by Ellendra (http://www.ustrendy.com/ellendra-nauriel/portfolio/18423/concealed-couture/)
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To: Slump Tester

Rocky Mount Senior High School
Rocky Mount, NC
Class of 1989

75 posted on 11/16/2012 3:03:12 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Pearls Before Swine; RetiredArmy; bolobaby

Twinkies could have survived a nuclear war, but did not survive unions.

A union strike is more destructive than a nuclear strike!


76 posted on 11/16/2012 3:03:21 PM PST by null and void (America - Abducted by Aliens...)
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To: xrmusn

“Of course 1939 has something to do with that train of thought and we all know us ‘old fartz’ are just plain stoooopid.”

I come from a long line of Old Farts, and I miss them every day as I pack my lunch and head out to work. :)

I am so very GRATEFUL to have had a Dad and, not one but TWO, Grandpas just like you!

*HUGE HUG* Thank you! God Bless You! :)


77 posted on 11/16/2012 3:04:02 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: tobyhill

In other news, former Hostess employees today were awarded 18,500 Darwin Awards.


78 posted on 11/16/2012 3:05:32 PM PST by The Duke
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To: Red Badger; Oberon

Well now he has all the time in the world to stay at home and get baked!


79 posted on 11/16/2012 3:05:45 PM PST by Fledermaus (The Republic is Dead: Collapse the system. Let the Dems destroy the economy!)
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To: cripplecreek

Stupid is as stupid does.


80 posted on 11/16/2012 3:07:21 PM PST by Lucky Scrunchy (Hulu has "The Hope and the Change" for free: http://www.hulu.com/watch/409925)
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