Goodbye Twinkies.

[bldavis]

oh im not claiming capitalism has no part in this, but it is not only capitalism
the fact is that the company tried to stay open though cutting pay, but the union went on strike to protect the higher wages
Hostess has already made a deal with the teamsters, and if the bakery workers union had played ball, they would still be open and those jobs would still be available
but the union decided to be ...well a union and in turn ignored the deadline, and screwing over their own union dues paying members

i am all for healthy eating, but not everyone is health conscious.
they did not adapt, which led to the bankruptcy in the first place, but union not playing ball and accepting a 8% pay cut in order to keep jobs cost the company as well as the employees who are now mostly middle-aged bakery workers....guess what..that isnt a high demand skill set...

if it was purely on Hostess, i would agree capitalism at work and go on mourning my loss of occasional Twinkies, but this wasnt purely capitalism. this was union idiots running rampant and dues paying members cow-towing to the union line