[BobL]

“Sounds more like a stupidity thing than unionism per se.”

Let’s put it another way. If there was no union, there would have been no strike, and 18,000 people (probably more, if no union) would still have a job today.

NOTHING good comes of unions, whether it’s stupidity or outright evil. In this case, it may have been some of both.

[muawiyah]

You are forgetting that there's a management team behind this company's activities ~ and union or not they'd be going out of business anyway ~ because they, too, like the baker's union folks, are stupid.

Basically the 1950's model baked goods producers and marketers are all going under ~ unless they change.