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Hostess says liquidation decision expected Friday (Going Galt)
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| November 15, 2012
| AP
Posted on 11/15/2012 4:35:49 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: libertarian27
The strikers want it to close down and liqudate. Apparently they are quite open about it.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-merita-orlando-picketers-demands-20121115,0,3198771.story
Striking workers at the Merita Bread Bakery in Orlando said Thursday they were discouraged by a light turnout of union members but hopeful that Hostess Brands Inc. would follow through with a threat to sell off its bakery operations as part of the company’s bankruptcy proceedings.
“That would be the best thing for employees,” said Ron Hopkins, vice president of the AFL-CIO’s Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 103 in Orlando.
“We’re not asking for a raise. We just want to maintain our pay and our pension. I make less now than when I started here,” said Hopkins, a shipping clerk who has held many other positions in 26 years at the bakery.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:11:24 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: iowamark
I have not bought any overpriced Wonder Bread or Twinkies in many years. You just made me aware that I'm not a consumer of their products either.
I still hate to see the jobs go though. Maybe they should just bust the union and move their plant to New Hampshire.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:14:44 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month)
To: Charles Martel
They have no bakeries in Texas, but they are headquartered in Irving TX
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:15:00 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: LADY J
There is a dark cloud hanging over us.
Its initials are “BHO”.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:15:28 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: RummyChick
"ya had to go messin with my TWINKIEEEES"
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:17:23 PM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: GeronL
The strikers want it to shut down, they think new owners will preserve their pay and benefits. That MAY work for the purchase of a business, but liquidation separates all assets and voids all contracts (like the one with the union).
The union workers stand zero chance of ever working for those purchasing Hostess assets, they will be blackballed. The non union workers will likely have a good chance of future employment with the successors.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:19:16 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Navy Patriot
Hostess says liquidation decision expected Friday (Going Galt) Well the reverse is also true.
The best comment I have seen today about this conflict is...
90% of what you made before is always better than 0%.
This is particularly true in a depressed economy, dealing with what is essentially unskilled labor.
Been there, done that. I have accepted up to 40% less to keep my job. It has always served me well.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:20:13 PM PST
by
publius911
(Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
To: GeronL
Were not asking for a raise. We just want to maintain our pay and our pension. I make less now than when I started here, said Hopkins, a shipping clerk who has held many other positions in 26 years at the bakery."
Yeah, what a rotten company!!! Too bad they don't have a printing press like Obama does....then you could strike for even higher benefits.
That party could go forever, right? I'm pretty mad too. My life style has been taking a beating too & I can't get one of those money machine either!!
We need 'the one' to get out his magic wand & give us everything we want, dammit!!!
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:22:43 PM PST
by
LADY J
(You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
To: Tublecane
Am I the only one who didnt get the memo on going Galt? I got my memo, didn't you? Really.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:25:02 PM PST
by
Wingy
(Don't blame me. I voted for the chick. I hope to do so again.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
I still hate to see the jobs go though. Maybe they should just bust the union and move their plant to New Hampshire.Hostess has 33 plants all over the US. Likely busting the union in several states is impossible.
Bankruptcy/liquidation is the only viable option to bust all the unions.
The jobs will come back, just not union.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:25:50 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: LADY J
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:28:18 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: radioone
Let em eat..........Ding Dongs So many jokes .... so little time!
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:28:58 PM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: GeronL
Wow. It only took him 26 years to work his way up to shipping clerk! In companies that I’ve worked for, that was an entry-level job.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:29:16 PM PST
by
Bob
To: publius911
Been there, done that. I have accepted up to 40% less to keep my job.As I did once in my career. We kept on, improved the product and pulled the company out. Everybody survived, and we all got better.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:30:33 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Navy Patriot
Hostess has 33 plants all over the US. Yeah, I was referring to the plant in Biddeford Maine. We need this closing like a hole in the head.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:31:26 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month)
To: cableguymn
No one has been able to copy the mix of chemicals that makes up a Twinkie.If they are liquidated in bankruptcy, another company can buy the names and recipes from the bankruptcy court. Twinkies will live on; Hostess won't.
To: Navy Patriot
It's all yours, unions!
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:34:52 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(The GOP-e said "Beat a Marxist with a Liberal!" What a colossal blunder.)
To: LADY J
we need unlimited EBT cards for every Obama voter!
That will fix everything
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:38:53 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: LADY J
While Zero is actively precipitating disasters for America, Americans and Western Civilization, in fact Obama is a symptom as much as a disease.
We have see this before in history, it's a failure to pay attention.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:43:46 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Bob
lol.
He was happy at the bottom. He is not a “man of the mind” as Ayn Rand might say.
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posted on
11/15/2012 5:46:33 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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