Posted on 11/17/2012 5:17:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
Yes the Twinkie and the Ho Ho may not be available for snacking, but there are people who lost their jobs when Hostess closed its doors.
The bankruptcy of Hostess Brands Inc. made headlines across social media and news websites Friday as people across the country mourned the loss of the Twinkie.
But the news means more than a loss of a snack food option for 145 people who work at the Oakland bakery and numerous retail outlets around the Bay Area.
They are loosing their jobs because of the shut down.
The company, known for its Twinkies, Ho Hos and Wonder Bread announced Friday morning that it is shutting down operations and has filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking permission to sell its brands and facilities.
Company officials blamed the decision on a recent strike by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union.
"We deeply regret the necessity of today's decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike," CEO Gregory F. Rayburn said.
"Hostess Brands will move promptly to lay off most of its 18,500-member workforce and focus on selling its assets to the highest bidders."
Local union officials were not immediately available for comment. The Colombo bakery at 580 Julie Ann Way in Oakland, a facility with around 145 employees, closed Friday, according to Hostess spokeswoman Anita Marie Laurie.
A voicemail recording at the bakery today directs employees not to come in to work. Hostess also has retail outlets around the Bay Area, in cities including San Pablo, San Leandro, Vallejo, Pittsburg, Dublin, Santa Rosa, Santa Clara and San Jose.
A statement on the company's web site indicates that retail stores may stay open for "several days" in order to sell already-baked products. The shutdown will affect 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, 5,500 delivery routes and 570 bakery outlets nationwide.
Yeah reelect the the boy kine.
Yeah reelect the the boy king
Indiana is now a RTW state.
How many of those previously union folks will even apply for a non-union job?
I used to work for a company that made things like cake and bread mixes. We were non union suppliers of Hostess.
Loosing? Really? Journalism at its finest.
I’m waiting for one of those union picketers to go....hey..wait a minute!!
“The brands are valuable, the facilities are pretty much worthless.”The workers, hopeless (in multiple meanings).
OK. makes sense.
But a bargain on the equpiment might be worth moving.
Building & employees? nope
Say, why doesn’t Obama just issue an executive order to confiscate all Hostess assets and give them to the union? If the capitalist vermin who claim to “own” the company protest in court, just appeal up to the USSC, and John Roberts will uphold the confiscation as a tax.
That's Hugh!
The smart ones might actually like working for a non-union company. There are advantages.
Good point
When you die.
How lon before the NLRB issues a ruling yhat businesses can no longer lay off union members (no matter how dumb their labor leaders advise them to be).
How long before the NLRB issues a ruling yhat businesses can no longer lay off union members (no matter how dumb their labor leaders advise them to be).
The ones who think liquidation means another company would come and rescue their pay and benefits, are definitely hopeless. They are too stupid for words.
Not to mention other jobs that will be lost in the towns surrounding the factories. Gas stations, restaurants etc.
The “ripple effect” has not yet been seen. There are a lot more people to be hit by this.
That actually is quite telling. I'm posting this here but need to find the article with the exact statement. Basically, the union is sacrificing the Hostess employees — the whole company and its supply chain, in fact — as a warning to other companies about what can happen when you seek concessions. Let that sink in. This is part of a national strategy and the union leaders are not acting in the best interests of the local union membership, their dues-paying victims. My advice to the newly unemployed is to look up the Mongo quote "Mongo only pawn... in game of life." That and find a right-to-work lawyer who is willing to tilt at windmills. This could be hugh.
“We deeply regret the necessity of today’s decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike.....”
....or Obamacare
....or tax increases
....or higher energy costs,...etc.
I am surprised that the title isn't
Hostess Closure Means Locals Loose Jobs
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