Posted on 11/17/2012 9:53:00 AM PST by chessplayer
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Labor leaders in Maine say the resilience of the Hostess workers on the picket line at the company’s Biddeford plant, which is in the process of being shut down after the company on Friday said it would liquidate the business, gives them inspiration in the face of what they believe have been ongoing efforts — by politicians, including Gov. Paul LePage, and corporate investors — to reduce union influence.
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I hope they all starve to death.
Stupid is as stupid does.
WINNING!!
Yes, the unions have resolve...the resolve to do stupid things that cost them their jobs.
Some people are simply too stupid to live.
Yeah! That’ll show em!
They gave up their jobs because they're dumb. They should have dumped the union themselves and negotiated.
Wait until they get their first unemployment check and realize....Is that all there is???
Solidarity Forever!
Remember these are the same people who voted for
Obama, they ARE that stupid.
My mother always told me, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you” Union members never learned that one.
Unfortunately they took some 13,000 non union workers down with them.
99 weeks of unemployment will help. Maybe the Democrats can extend it to 150?
Good grief!
With these two tools, the unions can forge the signatures of enough employees to force the unionization of any company without the consent of anybody.
This time next year, we'll all be paying union dues to the Democrat slush fund.
So are all these “Labor Leaders” going to pitch in and make sure that 18,000 families have turkeys for Thanksgiving, and have enough cash so that they don’t lose their homes?
Don’t worry, BarackOClaus will spend another $6 trillion of our tax money “bailing out” the Ding Dong union.
The Teamster’s union urged them to settle the strike so everyone could keep their jobs. What solidarity?
Bring on the collapse.
"Socialism is for the People, not the Socialist." - Andrew Wilkow
The Role of the Labor Unions in the Russian Revolution
www.marxists.org/archive/lozovsky/1920/russrevunion.htm
But up to the Revolution in 1905 there were no labor unions in Russia. There were .... The Russian Communist party inspired and led them. The unions and the
Their sole purpose is to end capitalism. The statement given by the union made it pretty clear.
Will they all get 99 WEEKS of unemployment? We need to kill that law....
None of the union leaders are loosing thier jobs or being reduced in pay or pension.
I bought a box of Twinkies and a box of Hostess cupcakes a few weeks ago. Gave them to our son to share with his roommates. Now they are selling on Amazon and Ebay for $200 a box. I have ONE Twinkie and ONE cupcake here, I will sell.
I bought a box of Twinkies and a box of Hostess cupcakes a few weeks ago. Gave them to our son to share with his roommates. Now they are selling on Amazon and Ebay for $200 a box. I have ONE Twinkie and ONE cupcake here, I will sell.
I didn’t think we could post Onion articles?
So they’re just sacrificial lambs in the battle against Capitalism .. and Reality? wow.
sounds like more of a union leadership issue, but ..
You are back to state run unemployment which in many states has been cut as well.
“Obama is about to give the unions card check, and the NLRB is about to force companies to turn over the names and addresses of all their employees.”
Obamacare also was design to add about 21 million new union members from among health workers. http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/19/book-obamacare-law-designed-to-unionize-21-million-health-care-workers/
The union’s “investment” in Obama has paid off handsomely—largely at OUR expense with a little collateral damage on workers such as those previously employed at Hostess.
The 99 week extensions are over on Dec 31 of this year. NO More to be given.
Yes, the unions have resolve...the resolve to do stupid things that cost them their jobs.
Thats why I said it’s bizarre. They are now out of a job with the holidays coming, and they are thanking the union for putting them out of work.
Yes, sir. It takes real brains to strike for more compensation for a job you no longer have. Einsteins, all.
Union losers just brought down another company; it’s Miller Time.
“Obama is about to give the unions card check””
That didn’t pass Congress——is Obama going to do another Executive Order??
If I still owned my business, I would shut the doors. Period.
When the host dies, the parasites lose.
They told you guys there was a bullet in that gun...BANG BANG.
I bought a box of Twinkies and a box of Hostess cupcakes a few weeks ago. Gave them to our son to share with his roommates. Now they are selling on Amazon and Ebay for $200 a box. I have ONE Twinkie and ONE cupcake here, I will sell.
Went to the store this morning and the Hostess products shelves were almost empty. Still had a few boxes of cupcakes and had some pies, but not a whole lot else. No Twinkies. It was sad. I grew up with Hostess stuff. Now we will never see them again.
They DGAF, the stupid taxpayers will pay for the unemployment which lasts almost two years now. Without that safety net, I wonder how many would have given up their jobs.
None of the union leaders are loosing thier jobs or being reduced in pay or pension.
Nope. The goons will still have their 3 SUV’s, vacation homes, swimming pools, boats, and large screen plasma tv’s in every room.
Actually, they’re all on state unemployment now. No more 99 week extensions, that ends on Dec 31 and hasn’t been renewed.
They’re about to get a nasty surprise.
The Hostess workers that I have seen in the pictures all look Hispanic. Do illegals get unemployment benefits?
Solidarity ,,,,, I hope these greedy b@$+@rd$ lose everything and more .
,,,,, hillbilly Martian ???
“The inspire us with their display of strength of character and personal determination, to commit suicide. We must follow in their footsteps.”
“MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”
In a free market, income is based on the need for what you do, how competent you are at what you do, and how easily you can be replaced. Unions violate this free market rule.
That, my friend, is real collateral damage.
Twinkies could have survived a nuclear war, but did not survive unions.
A union strike is more destructive than a nuclear strike!
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