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Twilight for Twinkies? Hostess Workers Strike as Company Struggles

maggied said:
tommy boy worked for two companies (union shops) that told their workers the same thing: Take concessions or we are going to have to close the plant. In each case, the unions said, "you're liars!!" in both cases, the plants closed. On the second one, tom believed them and tried to talk to other workers. They'd have none of it. Their union said, "strike!" they struck. The company closed three or four months later. Pensions taken over by the pbgc, retiree healthcare lost . . . What a tragedy.

These workers are foolish, in my opinion. their unions should be working with the company, not against it.
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blasphemy !!!
 
What about legal history and the "Twinkie defense"? What about me never having tried a fried Twinkie? Will it, sob, be too late?

Save the Twinkie!

And I agree; 92% of a job is better than no job.
 
nota bene said:
What about legal history and the "Twinkie defense"? What about me never having tried a fried Twinkie? Will it, sob, be too late?

Save the Twinkie!

And I agree; 92% of a job is better than no job.
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I don't agree - I'd just hunt for another job in the meantime. . . if you live check to check then any part of that check gone missing can have a huge negative impact.
 
Fisher said:
Twinkies have outpriced the market. Little Debbies are cheaper and comparable to the average consumer, and store brands have come along well too. Cheaper and good enough for a sugar fix.
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Little Debbies taste like stale cardboard next to Hostess products. I used to be positively addicted to Hostess chocolate cupcakes and Twinkies. Of course, I've been off sweets for so long that a single bite of one now would cause my jaw to seize up... still, it's sad. :(
 
DiAnna said:
Little Debbies taste like stale cardboard next to Hostess products. I used to be positively addicted to Hostess chocolate cupcakes and Twinkies. Of course, I've been off sweets for so long that a single bite of one now would cause my jaw to seize up... still, it's sad. :(
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HoHo is my one real vice!!. Its a breakfast staple
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
They've sought bankruptcy protection in January.
Sorta been following this story since then.

They're really on the verge of liquidation.
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a greedy union screws its members out of jobs

and I guess I will have to eat healthier in the morning
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
They've sought bankruptcy protection in January.
Sorta been following this story since then.

They're really on the verge of liquidation.
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Latest:

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.

Hostess warned earlier this month that the strike, by about 30 percent of its workforce, could lead to bakery closures. “We deeply regret this decision, but we have repeatedly explained that we will close facilities that are no longer able to produce and deliver products because of a work stoppage — and that we will close the entire company if widespread strikes cripple our business,” Hostess Brands CEO Gregory F. Rayburn said.
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Hostess has argued that workers must make concessions as it tries to improve its financial position. The privately-held food maker filed for Chapter 11 protection in January, its second trip through bankruptcy court in less than a decade. Hostess cited increasing pension and medical costs for employees as one of the drivers behind its latest filing.
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Even if they are liquidated, somebody will buy their brand/IP and just continue to manufacture the brand in the name of a new capitalized company free of union contracts. Not necessarily the end if the era.
 
Fisher said:
Even if they are liquidated, somebody will buy their brand/IP and just continue to manufacture the brand in the name of a new capitalized company free of union contracts. Not necessarily the end if the era.
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Will Twinkies now be made in China? That would cross some kind of line I think.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Will Twinkies now be made in China? That would cross some kind of line I think.
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Maybe made in the USA owned by the Chinese (probably a Euro company actually). When they first ran into trouble, I heard an analyst talking about it. Their position is that the brand/product line would definitely be valuable enough to be snapped up and getting out from under the weight of the old debt from past bad decisions at the company could reenergize the brand as the new owners would not be inhibited from expanding the product line the way the current company is.
 
Surtr said:
The only time I ate one, I could just feel the sweetness eating through the enamel on my teeth upon contact. Those things are terrible.
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I guess my enamel must be tough. To me, they are nirvana in the form of junk food. :lol:
 
Surtr said:
The only time I ate one, I could just feel the sweetness eating through the enamel on my teeth upon contact. Those things are terrible.
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See, for me it's thinks like Jolly Ranchers. I can just FEEL my teeth being eaten away, after one of those things.
 
The Local CBS news (Channel 12, Cincinnati) just reported the Queensgate (just slightly west of Down town cincinnati) Hostess factory is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED.

sorry silly unionistas your jobs just went down the toilet
 
Those union members will no longer make those twinkies
TurtleDude said:
The Local CBS news (Channel 12, Cincinnati) just reported the Queensgate (just slightly west of Down town cincinnati) Hostess factory is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED.Esorry silly unionistas your jobs just went down the toilet
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It would probably be a good buy for Nestle considering their growing inability to avoid recalls in its current lines of production.
 
Looks like 3 of them have shut their doors forever... Another Union success story...


Hostess closing 3 bakeries following strike
By Sarah Skidmore, Associated Press

(AP) - 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.

Hostess, based in Irving, Texas, operates 36 bakeries nationwide and has about 18,300 employees. It warned earlier this month that the strike, by about 30 percent of its workforce, could lead to bakery closures.
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Hostess closing 3 bakeries following strike | ksl.com
 
I predict that riotous mayhem will ensue if Americans no longer have access to Twinkies. We may even have a nuclear holocaust.
 
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