The union is just dumb to the bone!!!! But they really showed Hostess Brands. Enjoy your leisure time off idiots.

They´ve made concessions in the past apparently, so they feel they shouldn´t have to make any more concessions.

Congratulations, you held firm and lost your jobs.

That´ll show ´em.

In the interest of jobs and `fairness`, the Court should nullify the Baker`s union contract an order them back to work. Hostess can pay them whatever was their last offer and get on with making the sugary treats we all know and love.

Of course, that will happen as soon as Twinkies become our national dessert treat.

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#3, you probably know this, but for those who don´t: a bankruptcy court has no authority to try and save "jobs" or deal in "fairness". In fact, most bankruptcies are manifestly unfair, as some creditors will be paid and some will be stiffed.

The Court´s only function is to see that the existing creditors get paid as much as possible on what they are owed. Now they won´t get it all, but a liquidation may well pay off much of the debt.

Best bet on what happens to twinkies: Grupo Bimbo buys them and moves all production to Mexico, where they not only will have massively lower labor costs but they also will have much lower sugar costs, due to a misguided US sugar tariff policy.

Who knows, soon Americans may start trying to illegally migrate into Mexico for the jobs. Well, and also for a government a little bit less corrupt than the one we have here now.

(okay, that last bit is tongue in cheek - but can anyone argue that our government today is any better than Mexico´s? I won´t.)

The unions are using the line about upper management getting large raises - one 300%, as a smoke-screen. Saddly the 47% are buying it. Too many figure life is supposed to be fair. All you have to do is show up.

#4, you are kinda correct.....allow me to explain that before you get angry.....

Yes, there WAS black letter law regarding creditor priority, but that DIED in the GM ´bankrputcy´.

As far as the Uhhhbama admin. is concerned, the Courts can do ANYTHING.

There seems to be a misunderstanding about Grupo Bimbo. Although it is a Mexican company, it operates throughout the world (it is the #1 commercial baker in the world), but manufacturers its products locally in the various nations. In the United States, its headquarters is in Santa Fe, NM.

They are already manufacturing Oroweat and other American bread brands, Sara Lee (fresh baked items), Boboli, and so forth. In this country. I´m not sure that they will do anything different with Hostess. Why would they go and set up plants elsewhere if they buy all of Hostess´s assets which would include brands, recipes and equipment-filled plants, trucks, the works?

Fantastic opportunity here:

Each community/region of the nation, can now open up their own twickle factory, and make a fortune right at home.

A buck a bag for $0.05 worth of input - if you can´t make ten percent, no use being in business.

per the article, Grupo Bimbo will not be allowed to purchase Hostess because they just finalized the purchase of Sara Lee. Snack food antitrust, ya know...

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Well, at least all those union people will be out of work. That works for ME!

Wait till Hobby Lobby closes rather than pay the 1.3 million dollars daily fine for not providing the morning after pill. The outcry may cause rioting in the streets.

I want nothing but malice toward the unions and the union members who caused this. Enjoy a miserable life - I hope you all lose your homes because of this. Try getting a job in the real world where you get these sweetheart work rules and pensions.

Instead of damning the ranks of union workers who have no choice in Union controlled states damn the state politics and union leaders for keeping them in a semi state of forced membership. Remember the thousands of union teachers who dropped out after they were greed of the union dues?
18 right to woek states should become 50.