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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:13 PM

rdking647 (2,584 posts)

26. so what do the workers do????

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Hostess closing Seattle bakery; 110 workers affected [View all]	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Nov 2012	OP
"Hostess cited increasing pension and medical costs for employees as one of..."	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#1
I know its tempting to point at those things however the real question here is	cstanleytech	Nov 2012	#17
Having been in this position before	PatrynXX	Nov 2012	#29
another reason for universal healthcare	bloomington-lib	Nov 2012	#2
Yep. One of the reasons why American companies tried to use NAFTA to dismantle the Canada Health	Monk06	Nov 2012	#11
Most of your bread products, sold on shelves, are owned by a Mexican Company - Grupo Bimbo	TheBlackAdder	Nov 2012	#3
I hate to hear this. I hope Hostess doesn't go under entirely. No more Twinkies?	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#4
As long as no one eats them, they will always be there. n/t	jtuck004	Nov 2012	#7
LOL. I've actually read that they are almost non-biodegradable.	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#8
I used to be so hooked on Twinkies about 35 lb. & 40 yrs ago	wordpix	Nov 2012	#19
Lean, you mean ... eom	Kolesar	Nov 2012	#21
This is just another screw the employees move!	GitRDun	Nov 2012	#5
I guess that means the co. isn't making enough $ to pay the bills?	Honeycombe8	Nov 2012	#9
Lots of potential reasons	GitRDun	Nov 2012	#13
So when they declare bankruptcy the taxpayers will have to pick up the tab for employee pensions	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Nov 2012	#12
You cannot discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy	GitRDun	Nov 2012	#14
+1	FreeBC	Nov 2012	#28
Yeah. Been that way for years. n/t	SomeGuyInEagan	Nov 2012	#33
Hostess will	humbled_opinion	Nov 2012	#6
But I like Sno-balls!!	longship	Nov 2012	#10
just like the huge Campbell's soup factory here	shanti	Nov 2012	#15
They've been in trouble since ITT sold them off to Purina in the '80s ...	SomeGuyInEagan	Nov 2012	#16
"Strike", hell. Their brand is dying because their product line is crap.	DollarBillHines	Nov 2012	#18
Hotess/Interstate started up in 1930	Teamster Jeff	Nov 2012	#20
have you had a fruit pie lately?	Viva_La_Revolution	Nov 2012	#23
so what do the workers do????	rdking647	Nov 2012	#26
That's a problem.	DollarBillHines	Nov 2012	#27
Them's fightin' words.	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#32
Hostess may be in trouble primarily because . . .	MrModerate	Nov 2012	#22
Hostess' biggest problem is McKee Foods	jmowreader	Nov 2012	#24
Really folks, any food industry relying heavily on fructose is going down slowly.	kelliekat44	Nov 2012	#31
no matter who you blame the fact is thousands of employees may soon be out of work	rdking647	Nov 2012	#25
Indeed	Sherman A1	Nov 2012	#30
Ding dong the Twinkie's dead.	Kablooie	Nov 2012	#34
Owners are worth, cumulatively, a couple of billion dollars	BanTheGOP	Nov 2012	#35
Bullshit	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#36

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