Posted on 04/29/2013 9:01:07 AM PDT by Shout Bits
Why would they? It was the Unions that killed Twinkie the Kid in the first place. One thing Unions are succesful at is killing businesses!
Why let Twinkie the Kid grab all the glory? Don’t forget Captain Cupcake and Fruit Pie the Magician. I do hope that the blueberry pies are brought back. They were discontinued before the end.
Hope the new owners make it WELL known they will relocate production to mexico at the first sign unions will retake a shop.
There are many ways.
It is illegal to relocate for the purpose of avoiding a union contract, even out of the country. By reopening in a union state like IL, the owners are making a bold bet that the factories can’t be organized.
So the new Hostess is going non-union? Mental note to self to buy a box or two as soon as they start appearing in stores again...
I know. that’s why I said ‘there ways’ and there are.
“Obama is a union man”
Not really. Whatever we think of unions a majority of their membership are gainfully employed even if they are slothful and worse.
Obama hasn’t had a job and certainly wouldn’t put up with having HIS pocket picked to pay union dues.
Edit ‘there ARE ways”...
Send a few people to bars in the area off the record. Let Obama prove a connection without POing everyone and creating a Dem PR nightmare.
I thought Barney Frank had retired from Congress.
Or just open in a state like Texas. Tell the unions to go eff themselves.
If Obama was a “union guy” he would have crammed thru Card Check when he had the chance.
As it stands the AFL-CIO may decide their last chance is to take their ball and go home (hello, American Labo(u)r Party)
LOL
The Unions would rather see this company go broke rather than non-Union. I hope the company is prepared for a fight.
They Unions would rather see people with no jobs rather than non-union jobs.
Obama has stated that card check is a priority on several occasions. However, he knows he does not have nearly enough votes in the Senate.
The unions started the bleeding but incompetent management delivered the death blow. Their expenses included almost 60% for overhead & administrative costs. If the union workers had worked for free Hostess would have still gone under.
Why would Obama expend the political capital to do that? The unions are going to vote dem no matter what. Why waste the effort?
When I saw that the coal miners union was supporting Al Gore for president I knew that trying to attract votes there, like Reagan had, was nearly hopeless.
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