anacostiakat Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 So long Twinkies, Ho Ho's, Butterscotch Krimpets, Snowballs, Ding Dongs! Oh the horror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazoseagle Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 So long Twinkies, Ho Ho's, Butterscotch Krimpets, Snowballs, Ding Dongs! Oh the horror! Don't forget Zingers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Still available in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Come up here anytime brother... And have a Jos Louis with me.... The breakfast of champions! I could eat a whole box by myself. The best thing about all these treats is after the nuclear mushroom hits, I will be standing and the granola worship pets will be wasted dust bunnies. MWAH HA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInSmoak Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Way to go unions! You don't get what you want so 18,000 jobs are lost. Makes a lot of sense to me.... How discouraging right before the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectform Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I think I had a ding dong or some such packed in my lunch every single day of elementary school. I was never fat. Have to get these kids outside once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe83 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Way to go unions! You don't get what you want so 18,000 jobs are lost. Makes a lot of sense to me.... How discouraging right before the holidays. Yeah there couldn't possibly be more to the story than that. The corporate fat cats trying to force the labor to take pay cuts and lose benifits while they do not couldn't possibly have anything to do with it. Never. Anyways goodbye to terrible snacks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croz71 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Way to go unions! You don't get what you want so 18,000 jobs are lost. Makes a lot of sense to me.... How discouraging right before the holidays. Yeah mate its all the unions fault, not corporate greed hey AMWU delegate and proud to be union Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohiba Stevie Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Was reading about this earlier. 18500 employees... Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 What??? No more deep fried Twinkies??? The horror!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 They make a lot of other stuff too... Like chips and stuff. Sad about all those jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor2118 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 It seems to have altered my above post as well. Offensive language not permitted on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrthgr8 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Don't forget Zingers!!! Weird. I grew up with Zingers being made by Dolly Madison. When the hell did Hostess start making those? Cheers, ~ Greg ~ Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt using Tapatalk 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrthgr8 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Yeah there couldn't possibly be more to the story than that. The corporate fat cats trying to force the labor to take pay cuts and lose benifits while they do not couldn't possibly have anything to do with it. Never. Anyways goodbye to terrible snacks! Please. Hostess was able to reach an agreement with the Teamsters - the *Teamsters* - but the BCTGM couldn't possibly agree to anything. Bah. Unions suck. At any rate, it's all part of the plan. File for bankruptcy, get the legal OK to nuke the crappy union contracts as part of the process, restart your operations without the union overhead, get back to business making one of America's most iconic brands. Success! There's a reason why only ~8% of private workforces are unionized today. Unions in the private sector are anachronistic and redundant. Generally speaking of course. I'm sure individual unionistas are just like everyone else... but union leadership is an epic fail. Thank god the public sector is alive, otherwise unions would be a thing of the past. Cheers, ~ Greg ~ Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt using Tapatalk 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafLover Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I grew up on Hostess!!!!! What is this world coming to! Best of luck to all those who will be affected by this!!!! Ding dong's rock! Should I hoard these like all the habanos discontinuations?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Greg... Thanks for sharing your profound ideological insights. Members say that they are in unions and you make blanket statements. Hostess was owned by private equity firms. Get your facts straight before insulting people. I am sure that many on this forum support collective bargaining. Must everything turn on dogmatic/divisive politics? Insert emoticons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrthgr8 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Thanks for sharing your profound ideological insights. Guys say they are in unions and you make blanket statements. Hostess was owned by private equity firms. Get your facts straight before insulting people. Strange. I had read in several places that this was a labor dispute between Hostess and several different unions. Is that not the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Oh well - Little Debbies makes a mean banana cake snack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe83 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Weird. I grew up with Zingers being made by Dolly Madison. When the hell did Hostess start making those? Strange. I had read in several places that this was a labor dispute between Hostess and several different unions. Is that not the case? Funny, if your reading about this how did you not read what companies it is parent of? Hostess also makes Dolly Madison, Drake's and Nature's Pride snacks. There's a reason why only ~8% of private workforces are unionized today. Yup. Reagan. Though on second thought I will miss Ho Hos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 No. 'Hostess' as such has been loaded down by private equity debt. I am sure that labor costs were a serious concern, but the situation was more complicated than the union-centric analysis being offered by some pundits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I hate the very idea of unions, they stop me putting children to work in my textiles mill and they even made me give the miners in my coal mine a break every 12 hours! That's not even mentioning the fact that I have to fire the 8 year olds who push the coal carts up from the coal face and I have to wait to rehire them when they are 16! They will force me to give them shoes and safety lamps next, this is basically communism, it's sick. This country was built on hard work, these unions are going to destroy this country by stamping all over the ideals that it was founded on. I had to fire all these men, look at their faces, now what are they going to do all day? They are going to want to tax me next out of the money I earn to give them free schooling or some other such socialist nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrthgr8 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I hate the very idea of unions, they stop me putting children to work in my textiles mill and they even made me give the miners in my coal mine a break every 12 hours! That's not even mentioning the fact that I have to fire the 8 year olds who push the coal carts up from the coal face and I have to wait to rehire them when they are 16! They will force me to give them shoes and safety lamps next, this is basically communism, it's sick. This country was built on hard work, these unions are going to destroy this country by stamping all over the ideals that it was founded on. I had to fire all these men, look at their faces, now what are they going to do all day? They are going to want to tax me next out of the money I earn to give them free schooling or some other such socialist nonsense. But isn't that the point? Unions served a purpose back in the day, but now so much of what the unions fought for was legislated into law by the federal and state govts. What were the unions fighting for back in the early 20th Century that isn't currently part of the various labor laws? Child labor laws? Check. Equal opportunity? Check. Workplace safety? Check. Many others, I'm sure. Wasn't that why unions were started? To supposedly make things better for the workers? Cheers, ~ Greg ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrthgr8 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Though on second thought I will miss Ho Hos. I doubt we'll ever agree on much in terms of politics, but, man, I agree with you 100% on that part. Ho Hos were always my favorite, too! Cheers, ~ Greg ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 It was just a bit of fun I don't own a mine or a mill! I genuinely didn't know unions were seen as negative by anyone apart from a few company owners who would rather see less pay/more working hours etc. is this just in the US or are there any other countries/members from countries which this is a big issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duxnutz Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Shame about hostess, even more about the union beat up. I've worked for union and non union companies and definitely treated better at the union place. Just wish they'd repeal the railway labour act so we could strike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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