Posted on 04/26/2013 10:23:59 PM PDT by grundle
The company that bought the Twinkie, HoHo and Ding Dong brands out of bankruptcy is gearing up to reopen plants and hire workers, but it won't be using union labor.
Hostess Brands new incarnation of the baking company that liquidated in Chapter 11—is reopening four bakeries in the next eight to 10 weeks, aiming to get Twinkie-deprived consumers the classic snack cake starting in July.
Chief Executive C. Dean Metropoulos said the company will pump $60 million in capital investments into the plants between now and September and aims to hire at least 1,500 workers. But they won't be represented by unions, including the one whose nationwide strike sparked the 86-year-old company's decision to shut down in November.
"We do not expect to be involved in the union going forward," Mr. Metropoulos said in an interview Wednesday.
Hostess Brands Inc., the company that filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2012 and eventually sold off its brands and plants to several buyers, was once powered by 19,000 workers, 15,000 of whom were represented by unions. The company's largest union, the Teamsters, had agreed to a new labor contract following a contentious bankruptcy trial. But the second-largest union, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union, launched a work stoppage after the company imposed new labor terms on the union's members. Hostess said the strike crippled its operations, forcing it to shut down.
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No alcohol for pregnant women.
Well, there’s a new study out that it’s okay to have a little nip even if you are pregnant, but just a wee bit no going overboard.
I have also heard that a beer or whatever right after birth gets the breast milk flowing.
Never heard that one.
I’m an old man, but I can tell you that I won’t even take a sip if I cannot enjoy six to ten ounces of the nectar.
4 to 6 oz. puts me to sleep, so unless I want to go home, I keep to the smaller amounts myself.LOL
HOHO!
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