Posted on 11/17/2012 9:53:00 AM PST by 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.
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Their sole purpose is to end capitalism. The statement given by the union made it pretty clear.
Will they all get 99 WEEKS of unemployment? We need to kill that law....
None of the union leaders are loosing thier jobs or being reduced in pay or pension.
I bought a box of Twinkies and a box of Hostess cupcakes a few weeks ago. Gave them to our son to share with his roommates. Now they are selling on Amazon and Ebay for $200 a box. I have ONE Twinkie and ONE cupcake here, I will sell.
I bought a box of Twinkies and a box of Hostess cupcakes a few weeks ago. Gave them to our son to share with his roommates. Now they are selling on Amazon and Ebay for $200 a box. I have ONE Twinkie and ONE cupcake here, I will sell.
I didn’t think we could post Onion articles?
So they’re just sacrificial lambs in the battle against Capitalism .. and Reality? wow.
sounds like more of a union leadership issue, but ..
You are back to state run unemployment which in many states has been cut as well.
“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.”
Obamacare also was design to add about 21 million new union members from among health workers. http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/19/book-obamacare-law-designed-to-unionize-21-million-health-care-workers/
The union’s “investment” in Obama has paid off handsomely—largely at OUR expense with a little collateral damage on workers such as those previously employed at Hostess.
The 99 week extensions are over on Dec 31 of this year. NO More to be given.
Yes, the unions have resolve...the resolve to do stupid things that cost them their jobs.
Thats why I said it’s bizarre. They are now out of a job with the holidays coming, and they are thanking the union for putting them out of work.
Yes, sir. It takes real brains to strike for more compensation for a job you no longer have. Einsteins, all.
Union losers just brought down another company; it’s Miller Time.
“Obama is about to give the unions card check””
That didn’t pass Congress——is Obama going to do another Executive Order??
If I still owned my business, I would shut the doors. Period.
When the host dies, the parasites lose.
They told you guys there was a bullet in that gun...BANG BANG.
I bought a box of Twinkies and a box of Hostess cupcakes a few weeks ago. Gave them to our son to share with his roommates. Now they are selling on Amazon and Ebay for $200 a box. I have ONE Twinkie and ONE cupcake here, I will sell.
Went to the store this morning and the Hostess products shelves were almost empty. Still had a few boxes of cupcakes and had some pies, but not a whole lot else. No Twinkies. It was sad. I grew up with Hostess stuff. Now we will never see them again.
They DGAF, the stupid taxpayers will pay for the unemployment which lasts almost two years now. Without that safety net, I wonder how many would have given up their jobs.
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