Hostess workers say company’s collapse a strong message of union resolve

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[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.

[chessplayer]

Doesn't get much more bizarre than this.

[Lurker]

I hope they all starve to death.

[Army Air Corps]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[cripplecreek]

WINNING!!

[CodeToad]

Yes, the unions have resolve...the resolve to do stupid things that cost them their jobs.

Some people are simply too stupid to live.

[Menehune56]

Yeah! That’ll show em!

[Sacajaweau]

So they gave up their jobs "for the people".

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???

[Paladin2]

Solidarity Forever!

[tet68]

Remember these are the same people who voted for
Obama, they ARE that stupid.

[NEBO]

My mother always told me, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you” Union members never learned that one.

[cripplecreek]

Unfortunately they took some 13,000 non union workers down with them.

[oldironsides]

99 weeks of unemployment will help. Maybe the Democrats can extend it to 150?

[ColdOne]

Good grief!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

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.

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.

[Enterprise]

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?

[faithhopecharity]

Don’t worry, BarackOClaus will spend another $6 trillion of our tax money “bailing out” the Ding Dong union.

[Wiser now]

The Teamster’s union urged them to settle the strike so everyone could keep their jobs. What solidarity?

[GlockThe Vote]

Bring on the collapse.

[DTogo]

Those labor "leaders" are probably not one of the 18,500 Hostess employees about to lose their job.

"Socialism is for the People, not the Socialist." - Andrew Wilkow

[NEBO]

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