Did Congress kill the Twinkie? The tariff tale behind the Hostess demise.(+video)

Christian Science Monitor ^ | November 16, 2012 | Patrik Jonsson

[Yo-Yo]

[windsorknot]

Look for the union label, and that’s why Twinkies aren’t on the table.

[1010RD]

Who are these a few, powerful Florida families? Can someone name them?

[Cboldt]

-- Who are these a few, powerful Florida families? --

Sprague, Oxnard, Fanjul

Sugar Families Plan Merger Of Flo-Sun and Savannah - New York Times - July 16, 1997

See too, The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies, a book that chronicles the "sugar revolution" that began in the mid 1600's. And see Controversial Florida sugar family contributed to Scott Brown and Democrats alike, which focuses on the Fanjul brothers.

[Owl558]

“The unions delivered the final coup de grace, but hostess was on the way down...”

As I understand it, the company had been in bankrupsy twice before this. The union finished off the wounded company.

[1010RD]

It’s getting out:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2961696/posts?page=12#12

[dfwgator]

Several hundred workers at the Lifesavers candy plant in Holland, Michigan are losing their jobs, as the company moves production to Canada.