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Hostess is shutting it doors -- (link)

Posted by ty97 Nov 16 '12, 04:51

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link (money.cnn.com)

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I'm going to miss the fruit pies. Love the apple. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 06:12
Noooo! This is awful news to wake up to. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:08 2
- Does that also mean no more Drakes Yankee Doodles? I will hurt someone if that true. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:12 1
  - Buy all you can now. Hostess owns Drake. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 06:33
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- I WANT MY GODDAMNED TWINKIES!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Tallahassee Nov 16, 05:59 4
  - (who is Tallahassee? ) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 06:02 3
    - Woody Harrelson in Zombieland. -- nm - kelly Nov 16, 06:03 2
      - Ahh. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 06:14
      - which you should make a point to see. Great movie/ -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:13
a few other companies make their product for the Canadian market, but alas, not Twinkies: -- (link) - Andie Nov 16, 05:54
Damn it. Their Iced Honey Buns are what got me through high school and college. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 05:47
And this isn't just Hostess and Drakes. They also own Wonder, Nissen, Beefsteak, and many more. -- (link) - Todd Manning Nov 16, 05:21
Ugh, know a few people affected by this. -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 16, 05:17
Goddddddammmmit! -- nm - Tallahassee Nov 16, 05:11
People are freaking out. Someone will buy their assets. You'll still get your ding dongs. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 16, 05:05 33
- these people just unioned themselves out of jobs. I don't know at what point "you either get a smaller raise than you want or you get no job" becomes - amanda Nov 16, 05:29 28
  - Hey, it takes some real skilled people to hit the "Start" button on the twinkie machine and carry the boxes to the trucks. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:11
  - it's not about a smaller raise, it's about an 8% pay cut, plus a 20% contribution to their health care. - znufrii Nov 16, 06:06 25
    - sure, be pissed off. negotiate. but to shut down the company is really a fruitless objective. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:14 3
      - But it's an artificial fruitless objective. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 06:17 2
        
        hee! -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:21
        
        But then so are Hostess's "fruit" pies. -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:21
    - hurray for unemployment! -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:14
    - Welcome to a 100% paycut and no insurance. Union demands aren't the only reason Hostess is going out of business, but they represent - TWuG Nov 16, 06:11
    - And is that better or worse than a 100% pay cut and no health care? -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:10 17
      - It's all the union's fault not the company for refusing to negotiate? - Krusty Nov 16, 06:16 16
        
        they were in bankruptcy protection, it's not like they were recording record profits -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 06:20 15
        
        Doesn't change the fact that there are two sides and everyone is blaming the union. - Krusty Nov 16, 06:23 13
        
        in most cases this is true, but when the company says "we need this or we are done" there isn't much room for negotiation - Beaker Nov 16, 06:29
        
        Without the strike Hostess might have emerged from bankruptcy and people would still have work. With the strike 18,000 people are now unemployed. - TWuG Nov 16, 06:27 1
        
        right. If you aren't happy with the pay cut, then, by all means find another job. no-one will stop you. now, everyone has to find a new job - Andie Nov 16, 06:31
        
        Yes, the workers should be happy they had a job. - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:25 9
        
        I'd rather be laid off or fired. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:29 8
        
        And people wonder why unions are held in such low regard. - TWuG Nov 16, 06:33 2
        
        Why is it them refusing to work with management and not management's fault for not working with the union? -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:38 1
        
        If the company is in bankruptcy protection, don't you think management stretched as far as it could go? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:42
        
        Okay then. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:31
        
        well, then, if you worked for Hostess, you would be happy. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:29 3
        
        I wouldn't be happy at all. But I'm not going sit here and let everyone bash unions when there are two sides. - Krusty Nov 16, 06:37 2
        
        Unions suck shit. -- nm - Bacon via droid Nov 16, 06:40
        
        there are two sides, absolutely. but, i don't see how you can think that the union in ANY WAY helped its members here? -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:39
        
        "What do we want?" " More blood from a stone!" "When do we want it?" - TWuG Nov 16, 06:22
    - This. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:07
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:04
- I only care because they bought Drake which makes the best snack cakes. - ty97 Nov 16, 05:07 3
  - we used to have taste-offs in college. I preferred hohos. sarah preferred yodels. she was wrong, as are you. -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:27 2
    - Ring Dings rule all snack cakes. - ty97 Nov 16, 05:50 1
      - it's weird how badly it's possible to spell "little debbie zebra cakes." hm. -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 05:55

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