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Conditions may have been bad, but the problem is that the strikers didn’t seem to be striking over conditions (more AC in the bakery, for example) but to maintain bizarre job restrictions. For example, Wonderbread trucks couldn’t be loaded by Hostess employees or carry Hostess products, etc., even though they were the same company.

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I agree, I don't think that most bakeries have AC. That's why most bakeries are run at night, depending on the area of the country. The ones that work in the bakery really don't seem to mind the heat that much. I guess they are use to it.

Don't get me wrong, I am not defending the bakers union. I think they got exactly what they deserved, but at the expense of a lot of people. There are a lot of good people in our company, even the ones in the bakers union, that don't sound like a lot of the idiots I saw on TV.

In fact, that goes for a lot of Hostess employees too. I saw the Hostess bread guy and the Hostess cake guy everyday. We delivered to most of the same stores at the same time.
The Hostess cake rep use to give me Ring Dings several times a week for my kids. The cake routes were independently owned, so he literally lost his business. The Hostess bread rep was one of my favorite people(very conservative) that made me laugh everyday. I feel sad for them and will miss them both.