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Twinkie The Kid
Hostess,Inc. has announced the death of Twinkie The Kid ,,Kinda sad for us kids that like a Twinkie once in awhile ,, But the parent company said it would sell the rights if anyone was interested,,,RIP ,Twinkie .
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I could live the rest of my life and never eat another Twinkie....but hostess makes the best bread in the grocery store...I'm gonna miss Hostess bread more than anything.
Thanks to the Union for standing up for your "rights"....hope the unemployment line is good to ya!
"Hostess had been saddled with high pension, wage and medical costs related to its unionized workforce"
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I got a Plastic Twinkie The Kid holder ,,Slip your Twinkie in it to keep from crushing it flat in your lunch pail,,,,Still attached to the card unused ,I'll take bids on it now . lol
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Twinkie
Heard today they are being made (by the courts) to go back and try to work it out. Courts said they hadn't gone thru the full process yet. Also heard there are companies ready to buy them out.
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Re: Twinkie
quote:Originally posted by gadog1 Heard today they are being made (by the courts) to go back and try to work it out. Courts said they hadn't gone thru the full process yet. Also heard there are companies ready to buy them out.
Ah Man you mean I don't have a collectible item worth BIG BUCKS,,,,Bummer ,lol
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When Hostess filed for bankruptcy, the company insisted that its labor costs and union rules were unsustainable, and it moved to renegotiate the contracts. One work rule required that two separate trucks be used to ship bread and cake products to a single retailer. The company also indicated that it faced $52 million in workers’ compensation claims.
With the threat of liquidation looming, the Teamsters, in an unusual move, called on the bakery workers to hold a vote to determine whether the rank-and-file workers wanted to end their strike and accept Hostess’s offer — or face layoffs. Last Thursday, Mr. Hall of the Teamsters told the bakery workers that Teamsters members could not believe liquidation and layoffs were what the bakery workers “ultimately wanted to accomplish when they went out on strike.”
But the bakery union declined to hold such a vote. The next day, the company announced plans to liquidate and sell off its assets.
Sounds to me like the Union killed Twinkie the Kid
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quote:Originally posted by skeets dont worry china will buy them out.
I heard a Mexican company was looking to buy them out.
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hey boys and girls,if you guys are buying twankies and bread like you say why cant these people pay there wages huh.i saw where the big heads are giving themselves about a 100 percent raise whats with that friends
11-16-2012 06:43 PM
