No More Twinkies?

[supertek65]

we have lots of friends that work here in KC at hostess and wonderbread!
this is really sad!
None of our friends are union workers or BAKERS! OOH! BKERS! they will be hard to replace!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate bakers!

[RoBoTeq]

we have lots of friends that work here in KC at hostess and wonderbread!
this is really sad!
None of our friends are union workers or BAKERS! OOH! BKERS! they will be hard to replace!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate bakers!

Only about 30% of the workers who are now unemployed because of this are union members. It is always a shame when so many have to suffer because of the stupid actions of the relative few.

[supertek65]

I agree with you Robin!

For once! Lmao!!!

[rojacman]

oh joy.....just read a mexican co. may come to the rescue and buy out the assets or some such.....seems hostess was also paying a really high price for sugar inna states & they have no such prob south of the border down Mexico way.....( hey someone oughtta write a song like that)..Jack

[rojacman]

howza finger

[RoBoTeq]

Only about 30% of the workers who are now unemployed because of this are union members. It is always a shame when so many have to suffer because of the stupid actions of the relative few.

Looks like we may have been misled about how many members of the Hostess workforce are union members. The article I based the 30% on only mentioned the Bakers union. It looks like more than one union is involved in Hostesses labor issues;

Hostess has about 18,500 employees; roughly 7,000 are represented by the Teamsters, and about 5,300 are represented by the BCTGM.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascit...buyer-for.html

Just more manipulation of information from the lamestream media.

[clifpaul]

The Teamsters made concessions if I remember correctly. They didn't strike. The BCTGM on the other hand......

[supertek65]

teamsters did make concessions!

they did not strike!

that been said, walmart does not allow union truck drivers, the people we know that work there, drive trucks but are not union.

The Teamsters made concessions if I remember correctly. They didn't strike. The BCTGM on the other hand......

[clifpaul]

How does walmart figure into this? I know I didnt mention them.

[RoBoTeq]

The Teamsters made concessions if I remember correctly. They didn't strike. The BCTGM on the other hand......

According to that article, the Teamsters still supported the strike.

[RoBoTeq]

How does walmart figure into this? I know I didnt mention them.

It has become impossible to have a conversation about unions without mentioning Walmart because Walmart has been such a primary target for unions to infect.

[clifpaul]

Im not saying the teamsters didnt support the strike. But apparently some of them did show up for work. So much for solidarity. And I really dont care what walmart does. As a corporation it can make decisions as it sees fit.

[RoBoTeq]

Im not saying the teamsters didnt support the strike. But apparently some of them did show up for work. So much for solidarity. And I really dont care what walmart does. As a corporation it can make decisions as it sees fit.

I'm thinking that union workers are not as loyal to unions as in the past. Why should they be?

It will be interesting to see if other private companies with organized labor will be doing similar things in the near future. Unfortunately, it will take an act of Congress...literally...to get organized labor out of government.