Posted on 11/12/2012 3:01:06 PM PST by Nachum
IRVING, Texas — Hostess Brands Inc. is permanently closing three bakeries following a nationwide strike by its bakers union. The Texas-based maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs says the strike has prevented it from producing and delivering products. Hostess warned earlier this month that the strike, by about 30 percent of its workforce, could lead to bakery closures. It said Monday that it will close bakeries in Seattle, St. Louis and Cincinnati that collectively employ 627 workers. The company has about 18,300 employees. Thousands of members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers
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To celebrate Hostess having a steel spine, I will purchase a box of Ding Dongs, although I will make sure they were delivered to the Grocery Store before this news was announced.
Remember, Jesse Jackson admitted that he spit (spat?) in White Folks food when he worked at a restaurant in his youth.
good for them.strikes closing businesses..
Unions are the barnacles on the ship of success.
The fruit pies don’t taste very good anymore...”sigh”.
I heard that Hostess was done for on NPR, I think...the early a.m. Market Watch? This was 4-6 months ago.
I’m sick of the “news”.
I’m really, really sick of the sexcapades in the CIA/FBI. They take us for fools. And from the election results...they won.
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