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Omaha Steve

(99,630 posts)
Sun Sep 11, 2016, 10:16 PM Sep 2016

'No pension, no Peeps:' Strike threatens holiday candy supplies


http://www.wtae.com/news/workers-at-peeps-plant-go-on-strike-in-pennsylvania/41575938



Sara Bonisteel/CNN

UPDATED 3:32 PM EDT Sep 09, 2016

BETHLEHEM, Pa. —The Pennsylvania candy maker that manufactures marshmallow Peeps has started hiring workers to replace nearly 400 union members who walked off the job this week.

A vice president at Just Born in Bethlehem says the hires are to help meet customer demand.

Matt Pye says the company has sufficient Peeps for Halloween and Christmas, but they're concerned about Easter.

The (Allentown) Morning Call reports the company warned striking workers they could be permanently replaced.

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'No pension, no Peeps:' Strike threatens holiday candy supplies (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2016 OP
sufficient supply = will not spoil = no food value = not food. excpt for the workers no msongs Sep 2016 #1
That does it 2naSalit Sep 2016 #2

msongs

(67,405 posts)
1. sufficient supply = will not spoil = no food value = not food. excpt for the workers no
Sun Sep 11, 2016, 10:17 PM
Sep 2016

big deal this stuff will not be made

2naSalit

(86,607 posts)
2. That does it
Sun Sep 11, 2016, 10:35 PM
Sep 2016

I will buy no peeps until the workers are appropriately compensated, not that I buy them except as a novelty gift for a friend who collects them. Peeps go stale so it shouldn't be long before there's a shortage... only takes a tiny pinhole in the cellophane.

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