Posted on 11/15/2012 4:35:49 PM PST by Navy Patriot
It’s official...suspending baking operations...18,500 layoffs. I may pick up a few Ho-Ho’s or Twinkies for old times sake!
They won’t have to copy it now. It’s for sale.................
From the website:
http://www.hostessstrike.info/
Hostess Brands issued the following statement today:
Some of our employees who are on strike have expressed the desire to come back to work, but they have also expressed concern about the $140.00 daily fine the Bakers Union has threatened to impose on employees who cross a picket line. The employees are being misinformed that the fine will be taken out of their paychecks.
We want to be clear: Hostess Brands does not provide a payroll deduction for any fine a union may decide to impose on our employees.
Now to the tune of “the witch is dead”: Ding Dong, the Ding Dong’s dead, the tasty Ding Dong is Dead!.
You bring up important facts making recovery that much more difficult, but well known brand names and popular products tend to return eventually.
Twinkies: the All-American junk food
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/16/us-hostess-bankruptcy-twinkies-idUSBRE8AF19820121116
They should use the unionRAT labor to pack up the plants lock, stock and barrel, and ship it to the new locations in the right to work states.
(of course they wouldn't want to tell the morons)
It is against federal law to move a production location to avoid the use of union labor.
It happens all the time, of course. But there has to be another compelling reason that can be used to justify the move. I've been involved in such a move -- from Illinois to Alabama -- and the reason we used was "take advantage of efficiencies by being closer to the source of raw materials".
But a transparent move to avoid union labor is sure trouble with the feds. Moreso now than it was then, I'm sure. Ask Boeing...
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