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Workers at Awrey´s Bakeries warned
to prepare for layoffs, reports say
Detroit Free Press, by Frank Witsil
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Posted By:Ribicon, 11/28/2012 6:10:34 PM
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| Workers at Awrey Bakeries in Livonia are bracing for bad news. The company, more than a century-old, said today that it had no comment on news reports that its future is in jeopardy and that it is about to inform employees that they could be out of jobs in 60 days. But one longtime employee confirmed that union representatives told him that unless Awrey’s finds an investor or buyer, he and about 150 other employees would be out of work, and to expect official company notifications in the mail. “They said they don’t know if we are going to be open
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Comments:
Nonsense! The government says the economy´s humming right along.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Stlouislaxbros dad, 11/28/2012 6:14:03 PM (No. 9038287)
Obama told us before the election that things were getting better.
By the way, is there a website that keeps track of all the layoffs since the majority of my fellow citizens voted to have Obama save our economy?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 11/28/2012 6:15:33 PM (No. 9038293)
The union should buy the bakery and run it because they are so much smarter than everyone else.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Hikergal, 11/28/2012 6:24:56 PM (No. 9038297)
#1 try dailyjobcuts.com. We will. E seeing much more of this
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Wetlandz, 11/28/2012 6:26:46 PM (No. 9038300)
It´s the Obama economy stupid, people having to bake their own bread
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/28/2012 6:38:27 PM (No. 9038322)
Good job, Bammy.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dwa, 11/28/2012 6:45:19 PM (No. 9038330)
Actually, I am glad to see that union members are now reaping the results of their votes for Obama. Apparently they are/were too stupid to see the writing on the wall and bought in to all the lies coming from Obama and his henchmen
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jerseytomato, 11/28/2012 7:00:12 PM (No. 9038361)
#2 - Let´s not hold our breath...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Justavoter, 11/28/2012 7:16:15 PM (No. 9038377)
Things are right on track. The Obama/Union policies close up the little guys ( in many cases non union jobs) and the big companies (union workers) take up he slack in the market. What´s the problem?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 11/28/2012 7:40:06 PM (No. 9038399)
this is (per the article) a union shop. And the employee interviewed said ´´they´´ ran the company into the ground. ´´They´´ obviously referring to management. It seems that Awrey´s was bought by an investment group. Thank GOD it wasn´t Bain Capital - we´d never hear the end of it...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
uno, 11/28/2012 7:41:34 PM (No. 9038403)
The Obamboozler sez: Let them eat bread!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 11/28/2012 8:37:51 PM (No. 9038459)
There is not enough information in the article
for anyone to comment knowledgeably. We don´t know if it was caused by economic conditions,
union demands, outside ownership, Obamacare on the Horizon, or other conditions, or a combination of them. All we know is that a lot of seemingly good workers will be out of jobs, and that is a sad situation. Worse, it is a growing concern because of the new Health Care law and Government regulations ,including taxes. The owners are most likely the so-called one percent and they are NOT going to stand still and take losses if no turnaround is in sight.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Sanspeur, 11/28/2012 8:43:03 PM (No. 9038466)
Ho ho ho twinkies... No wonder you ding dongs will soon be gone too....union forever or till bankruptcy ...whatever..
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 11/28/2012 8:54:51 PM (No. 9038483)
Once again-if you don´t work for the govmt, you won´t work.
The Wookie says You don´t need no stinking bakeries. Do they make pies ?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Kurto, 11/28/2012 9:10:35 PM (No. 9038508)
Another union shop that just needs new owners. DUH!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
nonsense, 11/28/2012 9:35:20 PM (No. 9038549)
Not to worry, SEIU intends to the be the largest union in the country with 71 million new members as a result of Obamascare.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Aunt Agnes, 11/28/2012 11:53:58 PM (No. 9038682)
Slightly off topic, but I shop at a place where they are selling little snack cakes that are imported from Italy. I tried them & I think they are better than American Hostess cakes - the flavors are unusual, they are much prettier and they are competitively priced.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Pinchem, 11/29/2012 3:47:32 AM (No. 9038779)
#1...Here is the site keeping track of layoffs, bankruptcies and Businesses closing
http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/#.UJwVDQHUOEh.facebook
I´m keeping a running tally since the election at:
http://pinchem.net/headlines
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 11/29/2012 5:41:26 AM (No. 9038824)
Just another union closing another business. Nothing to see here.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
provide, 11/29/2012 6:41:04 AM (No. 9038864)
One of our local bakeries gets it´s employees from a temp agency and requests only Latins.
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