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Former Hostess workers in Rocky Mount 'relieved' at plant closing (Can't get much dumber)
NBC 17 ^ | 11/16/2012 | JUSTIN QUESINBERRY

Posted on 11/16/2012 2:14:27 PM PST by tobyhill

Several former workers at a Hostess Brands plant in Rocky Mount said Friday they were relieved after the company filed for bankruptcy, seeking to close its operations.

The closings will mean the loss of about 18,500 jobs overall.

“They’ve been holding this over our head for a long time and now it’s here,” said Lamont Phillips, an oven operator and the president of the local union. “They had to do it.

“I don’t have to deal with that anymore. The things that they were trying to do to us, it wasn’t fair.

“They always hold that over our heads, that they’ll close it down. So, I’m like, ‘OK. Close it down.’”

And on Friday, Hostess did. The flag at a Hostess plant in Rocky Mount hung at half staff on Friday afternoon, and many former workers there hung around outside to talk about what had happened.

Hostess had offered an 8 percent pay cut, but Phllips said that wasn’t going to work for the employees.

“We’re not making a whole lot of money out here and then we got to take a pay cut like that. Then you got your health benefits going up,” he said. “They stopped paying into the pension fund. ….

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epicfail; jobs; karma; layoffs; losers; northcarolina; obama; obamacare
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To: tobyhill

A great Abbot and Costello clip on loafing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TGQ7rGL-Q&sns=em


121 posted on 11/16/2012 3:45:56 PM PST by voicereason (The RNC is the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

It gets better.. I recently unfriended someone on FB that is in a union. His union has been playing a game with most of their work force.

Get um a gig that lasts at least 15 weeks and 1 day... Then put them back on unemployment. When it’s about to run out, back to work for 15 weeks and a day.

They have been doing this for 4 years and he’s happy to sit on his ass and play xbox..

His gloating on election day was enough for him to get kicked off my friends list.


122 posted on 11/16/2012 3:48:05 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: cripplecreek

Slow and steady stops the rising tide of Socialism! :)


123 posted on 11/16/2012 3:50:20 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: GBA

The unions have scab lists from decades ago that are still referred to in the airline business.

Nonunion workers should be on another list for prospective employers. The striking workers need to be completely shunned.

The Twinkie workers will see their and their families’ quality of life plummet. They will be in for quite a shock.


124 posted on 11/16/2012 3:50:40 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: tobyhill

Now that there is nothing over this jackass’s head he will be able to hold it high while standing in line to collect his unemployment chits.


125 posted on 11/16/2012 3:51:06 PM PST by Big Mack (I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
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To: voicereason
Mystery Science Theater 300: "Out of the Blue."

A strange little sales promo about an Angel (White) and a devil (Red) who have a bet over a particular bread salesman, on whether he stays a good salesman or can be influenced to do evil (i.e. be lazy and not try to push the bread). ;)

126 posted on 11/16/2012 3:51:06 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: cableguymn

Do it! We need more Patriot boots on the ground! :)


127 posted on 11/16/2012 3:51:24 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: snarkybob

The Teamsters agreed to the cut. The bakers didn’t.

The rules about hostess deliveries have been known for years.

Nothing more to worry. Take your obamaphone, your pension is shot.


128 posted on 11/16/2012 3:53:30 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: pgkdan

it is only 26 weeks of unemployment and the states will have to do job retraining because of the number of employees throughout too many states that the states are now required to do retraining (the tax payers pick up the cost).

due to the nature of the company in bankrupcy the bills owed by the company that result in its liquidation of assets will cause for many people to lose many of the benfits icluding matching funds, healthcare and other benefis that may have not been lost already. Odd there were only 3 plants closed, an additional 30 plants will close.


129 posted on 11/16/2012 3:53:30 PM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: tobyhill

Yeah, what me worry? I am sure there are 18,500 jobs to easily come by in Rocky Mount...not.


130 posted on 11/16/2012 3:53:48 PM PST by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: tobyhill

I guess this noodle head thinks all of the nearly 19,000 folks are going to find it easy to find new jobs.

I feel for any conservatives in the bunch, but for the rest... LMAO.

It warms my heart to see those that actually helped vote Obama into office getting consequences.... the more the better.


131 posted on 11/16/2012 3:56:08 PM PST by Gator113 (I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Romney & Ryan.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: eyedigress
One more thing, under UNION RULES Twinkies and Wonder Bread could NOT be delivered by the same route!!
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I have heard that, but I don't understand that complaint. I know that the snack routes are independent operators, so the company doesn't pay for trucks or gas anyway. The bread routes are the ones that are all company employees with company vehicles.

However, they might be referring to the delivery to the distribution centers instead of the actual delivery to the stores.

132 posted on 11/16/2012 3:57:10 PM PST by kara37
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To: eyedigress

“The Teamsters agreed to the cut. The bakers didn’t.
The rules about hostess deliveries have been known for years.
Nothing more to worry. Take your obamaphone, your pension is shot.”

My pension isn’t tied to bakers...butchers either and don’t even get me started on the candlestick makers..
You seem to be overly emotional about this. Were you in middle management with Hostess?


133 posted on 11/16/2012 3:57:40 PM PST by snarkybob (')
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To: elpadre

“”My same source said Massachusetts pays the most - anyone have a link to the amounts, state by state?””

Good question. You can google each state I suppose. The state maximum benefit in Massachusetts, effective October 7, 2012, is $674 per week..

I had thought that CA had the highest which is $450/per week...max benefit. I would be surprised if any state could beat MA.


134 posted on 11/16/2012 3:58:06 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
why not start up with the same products (they OWN those trademarks, correct?) under a slightly different name as a NON-Union shop? I would, but then, I’m kinda vindictive that way, LOL!

The creditors of the company might have something to say about that....

Someone will buy those trademarks from the bankruptcy court and continue making Twinkies (and no doubt it will be in a non-union shop) but it won't be the present corporation or any of its owners.

135 posted on 11/16/2012 3:58:15 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: tobyhill

Don’t forget the slimelicker who set out to manufacture a news story with a political agenda http://www2.nbc17.com/staff/52705/


136 posted on 11/16/2012 3:58:56 PM PST by wolficatZ (Traitors, every one of 'em.)
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To: tobyhill
“We’re not making a whole lot of money out here and then we got to take a pay cut like that. Then you got your health benefits going up,” he said. “They stopped paying into the pension fund. ….


137 posted on 11/16/2012 4:01:02 PM PST by COBOL2Java (The GOP-e said "Beat a Marxist with a Liberal!" What a colossal blunder.)
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To: tobyhill

Per the article, “...the state will have to decide if the former Hostess workers qualify for unemployment benefits. “

If they get even one nickel of benefits the governor should be recalled.


138 posted on 11/16/2012 4:01:14 PM PST by denydenydeny (Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
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To: Kozak
So now you got 100%, of nothing....

Au contraire my friend. Now he has 100% of a secure government job, welfare!

139 posted on 11/16/2012 4:01:14 PM PST by varon (11-06-2012 dob United Socialist Ghettos of America (USGA))
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To: tobyhill
“Our plan is to find another job. We have unemployment, but nobody wants unemployment without the health benefits. So, we’re pretty much going to find another job.”

And that, my friends, is why welfare reform works.

140 posted on 11/16/2012 4:01:24 PM PST by ShadowDancer ("Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.")
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