Manhandling Hostess, Big Labor Costs 18,500 Workers Their Jobs

Investor's Business Daily ^ | 17 Nov 2012 | Editorial

[IBD editorial writer]

Politics: Union intransigence and unrealistic expectations at Hostess Brands have forced the bakery to shut its doors permanently and throw 18,500 people out of work. So much for Big Labor caring about the little guy. A down economy and two restructurings in three years left Hostess, maker of Twinkies and Sno Balls, in dire fiscal straits. The company warned its workers, union and nonunion, to make concessions or everyone would go down in a liquidation. Instead, one union, the AFL-CIO-affiliated Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International (BCTGM), imagined the company was bluffing and went on strike.

[IBD editorial writer]

Nice going, bozos. Instead of an 8% wage and benefit cut, the union chose a 100% wage and benefit cut. What a bargain for the workers. And now the union goes on to bankrupt another company.

[Mamzelle]

If they lost their jobs on strike, do they get taxpayer-funded unemployment?

[TruthWillWin]

My guess is yes.

[Logical me]

If they lost their jobs on strike, do they get taxpayer-funded unemployment?

King Obama, our beloved dictator, will make sure the union jackasses will get freebies equal to their lost paycheck plus some fun food stamp money. New voters in the pocket for 2014.

[Petruchio]

Good luck finding another job . . . ever.

As soon as a potential employer sees “Hostess” on the work history they will be shown the door. No one with 10% of the brains of a jackass will hire anyone who is proud of driving their former employer out of business.

[Terry L Smith]

They can’t bail out “the Twinkie factory”, there is already enough of them working for the federal government!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If they lost their jobs on strike, do they get taxpayer-funded unemployment?

Obama owes the unions, big time.

That's all you need to know to answer your own question.

[Mamzelle]

He may owe Trumka, but why should he care anything about some union members? They’re spread all over the country.

[Brandonmark]

[SoFloFreeper]

How about "Occupy" finding the homes of the Big Union Bosses!? I bet their homes and automobiles are a whole lot better than the average worker's!

[FreeAtlanta]

Occupy is done. They are not needed now that the election is over.

[GeronL]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2960918/posts

A Labor Victory Over Hostess (satire)

[cricket]

Oh; great graphic. . .

[onyx]

By Lady Jag!





Patriots for FRee Republic

[GeronL]

That bakers union President made $210,000+ a year and benefits that put compensation over $260,000 from what I read. 100% of that comes off the back of exploited workers.

[SpaceBar]

They don’t care. They have their chocolate socialist. Barack Hussein Obama, mmmm mmmm mmmm.

[Uncle Chip]

I have a question???

Since the biggest part of the Twinkie business is actually baking and packaging the product and there are approximately 5,000 bakers doing that, what the h*ll is Hostess doing with 13,500 Teamsters???

[CodeToad]

Put it another way: Big Labor convinced a bunch of feeble minded Obama Voters to ditch their $45,000 factory jobs plus benefits over $3,000.

[CodeToad]

WOULD YOU MIND KNOCKING OFF THE BIG FONTS ALL THE FREAKING TIME??? HUH??? DO YOU REALLY THINK YOUR COMMENTS ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN ALL THE OTHERS SO THEY SHOULD STAND OUT???