Teamsters show support in front of Hostess warehouse

[Omaha Steve]

http://foxvalleylabornews.com/2012/04/19/teamsters-show-support-in-front-of-hostess-warehouse/



Pat Barcas photo
Members of Teamsters Local 734 gather outside of the Hostess warehouse in Schiller Park April 13. The Teamsters were there to support delivery drivers and warehouse workers as Hostess cuts benefits while going through bankruptcy.

By Pat Barcas
Staff Writer

SCHILLER PARK — Chicago Teamsters want to know that they support their labor brothers and sisters in times of need as they held a show of support outside of the Hostess building in Schiller Park April 13.

Hostess filed Jan. 11 for their second bankruptcy since 2008, in the process threatening wages, benefits and jobs for more than 7,500 Teamsters employed by the company nationwide. About 100 members of Teamsters Local 734 decided to show their support for delivery drivers, route salesman and warehouse workers as the company went to court early this week.

“We wanted to show our support for the workers as we go to court,” said Scott Kunz, secretary-treasurer of Local 734.
Kunz explained that the union fears Hostess may ask the judge to vacate their entire contract, as the company is operating under special bankruptcy rules and could possibly be permitted to do so.

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[MrYikes]

1. Hostess

had been and could have been a viable company continuing its long profitable history, excepting that it was bought out by the cut-throat badly managed outfit that is taking Hostess down the drain. The present owners have proven incapable of managing a quality-driven product line and should not be allowed their present compensation while forcing bankruptcy on the shoulders of the highly trained workers.
We cannot continue to yell about keeping American jobs without ridding our country of these types of managements. You can see the sparse Hostess product line in walmart and recognize the downfall created by management.
The workers at Hostess had no involvement in the undoing of Hostess, it is all management.

[Sherman A1]

2. Precisely

This is all about Union Busting, nothing more.

[Omaha Steve]

3. Welcome to the DU

And the Labor Group.

OS