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Qeestions about the Hostess Debacle

Posted on 11/18/2012 7:12:53 PM PST by Explodo

So I'm getting the business from the local lefties here in Minnesota on the Hostess thing.

They Keep bringing up how some of the Hostess Exec's received a 300% raise while the company was in trouble and negotiating with the union. Somehow this alleged fact removes all resonsibility from the union.

I've been trying to research this and all I've found on the web are links to the uber-leftie sites who use this to justify union actions

Question 1:, Is this factoid true? (Execs gave themselves a huge Raise

Question 2: If true, why did the execs do this?

Question 3: If it's not true, how can we kill this meme that execs killed the company not the union

Thanks for comments in advance, appreciate your time


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To: greedo

The union mgmt guys sure don’t miss a paycheck!


41 posted on 11/19/2012 3:22:33 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: napscoordinator
The question I have is, why would the unions want this end?

The leadership is Marxist.

My uncle in England was a labor leader. He sent his kids to Polish Young Pioneer camps for their summer vacation, back in the '70s.

42 posted on 11/19/2012 3:24:13 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: Venturer

AND WHY NOT TURN THE SEARCH LIGHT upon the Union Bosses and see how much THEY made, this would be enlightening.


43 posted on 11/19/2012 4:01:50 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: thecodont

Twinkie was guilty of MURDER in California. They accused a wrongful death to the fact the guy ate Twinkies.. Maybe this is the Long Arm of Justice that at last has stuck down A MURDERER.


44 posted on 11/19/2012 4:05:31 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: turn_to

If you were a senior officer of a company and you concluded that it was failing would you stay or would you look for a more secure position elsewhere?

If your instinct would be to leave, might you be incented to stay with a better compensation package?

Senior management were not slaves and they would not be taken out back and shot for desertion if they resigned. In fact, after driscoll’s raise was denied he did resign and the company lost its key player according to what I read above.

You are writing the way a communist would and fostering class envy. You should not come here to beat down American capitalistic free enterprise.


45 posted on 11/19/2012 4:28:17 AM PST by Piranha (If you seek perfection you will end up with Democrats.)
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To: Explodo

Hostess was owned and run by Democrats.


46 posted on 11/19/2012 6:25:25 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
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