NBCDFW: Twinkies Maker Hostess Going Out of Business, CEO Blames Union Strike

[DieselPwr44]

1. How many of you that went out and purchased 1+ more boxes of twinkies today are overweight?

Never seen so much junk food discrimination in one thread in my life here.


No Virginia, not everyone who indulges in a guilty pleasure from time to time is a 450 lb moose.

[Burgold]

Never seen so much junk food discrimination in one thread in my life here.


No Virginia, not everyone who indulges in a guilty pleasure from time to time is a 450 lb moose.

Fair, but diabetes is an epidemic in the United States and the obesity rate is way, way too high.

[AsburySkinsFan]

On ebay this morning, and no this isn't the starting bid, there are about 23 bids currently on this listing. There is another that is at about $290 with a similar bidding history.

[twa]

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/1...ve/?ref=videos

Maine’s striking Hostess workers say company’s collapse a strong message of union resolve

[AsburySkinsFan]

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/1...ve/?ref=videos
Maine’s striking Hostess workers say company’s collapse a strong message of union resolve

You see that and laugh because you refuse to believe that there is a symbiosis between company and workers, and workers should ladly keep taking pay cuts while CEOs reward themselves with huge bonuses and raises. I've got another friend that thinks like you do, and I asked him at what point he thought the workers should stand up and say no, but he's so against unions that he really believes that the workers should take whatever is offered to them. Tyranny of the corporation.

[twa]

You see that and laugh because you refuse to believe that there is a symbiosis between company and workers, and workers should ladly keep taking pay cuts while CEOs reward themselves with huge bonuses and raises.

I see a symbiosis between bankruptcy and bloodsuckers...both of the executive and union class

Twinkees should be free....set my Ho Ho's free

[Burgold]

Guys, this is simple free market darwisim. Anybody who's been watching Hostess' numbers for a decade knew this is coming. This isn't about unions as much as it is about declining marketshare. The unions are a scapegoat for the most part in this one.

[Bang]

Disgusting, nasty products.. a more health conscious society.. chemical preservatives from five decades ago.. better competition..

Why, if it weren't for the greedy ol' unions...

~Bang

[DieselPwr44]

Fair, but diabetes is an epidemic in the United States and the obesity rate is way, way too high.

So what is next?

Outlaw all junk food?

There's already a mayor telling his citizens how much soft drink they can purchase and has the nerve to tell resturants how much salt they can cook with.

Where does it end?

[twa]

a declining market share means less jobs and lower wages/compensation ....something the union rejected.
But they certainly showed them evil corps who's boss

[Burgold]

So what is next?

Outlaw all junk food?

There's already a mayor telling his citizens how much soft drink they can purchase and has the nerve to tell resturants how much salt they can cook with.

Where does it end?

Personal responsibility would be a good start. People getting upset because others criticize an unhealthy lifestyle yet then want to determine what others do in terms of who can marry or denounce all sorts of other personal freedoms that they want legislated away seems a bit... hypocritical.

I agree that Bloomberg seems off base with his health kick. I also think that criticizing an unhealthy diet as being unhealthy is fair.

Why are Conservatives always opposed to personal responsibility?

[DieselPwr44]

Why are Conservatives always opposed to personal responsibility?

Why do liberals always want those that work to pay for those who won't?

[AsburySkinsFan]

I see a symbiosis between bankruptcy and bloodsuckers...both of the executive and union class

Twinkees should be free....set my Ho Ho's free

You keep showing your silliness when you call the unions bloodsuckers, these aren't autoplant unions, come on they're bakers.

[Burgold]

Why do liberals always want those that work to pay for those who won't?

So, your claim is that the workers don't work?

Well, I guess if they're on strike you're technically right

Still, kind of an odd argument to make in this thread. Need a different platitude

(Wow. A three smiley post. That's terrible.)

[twa]

Why are Conservatives always opposed to personal responsibility?

Why are Liberals?

Both are just bigots trying to impose their morals