If Hostess agrees to terms with the unions I will boycott their product forever.

Didn't Hostess close down Thursday because of this? Last I knew, there were possibly some companies interested in buying up the remains...

Maybe I'm wrong - wouldn't be the first time.

I just knew the federal government was going to put the squeeze on Hostess, can't have big O looking bad right after the election.

those plastic snacks suck anyways. they make you feel like crap after you eat them.

Hostess Brands is Closed.

We are sorry to announce that Hostess Brands, Inc. has been forced by a Bakers Union strike to shut down all operations and sell all company assets. For more information, go to hostessbrands.info. Thank you for all of your loyalty and support over the years.


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I'm sure they'll be broken up about losing you as a customer.

Guys, a federal judge ordered them to have talks to work out a deal. Obama is strong arming them to no liquidate and keep all 18,000 overpaid workers working.

Somebody else will buy it and run it. Don't fear fat asses.

Crap food!

Don't you see what Obama is doing, forcing a judge to not allow the liquidation to proceed and get the union their jobs back.

nom nom nom

Any link to this information?

The judge is forcing them to talk because it's crazy that they're going to shit down the entire company over a labor disbute. Blame who you want, everyone loses in that senerio.

I heard this and think it is wrong. Can a judge order them to talk out a deal? WTH. The company wants to shut down, let them. I truly can't believe that Obama is involved in this. Does Michelle know? Hasn't the 1st lady declared a war on junk food? If Obama is involved in this, she's gonna kick his @ss.

Well, if you mean a judge wants them to talk, yes.

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I smell a bail-out incentive.

They are declaring bankruptcy, and for that they need to go to court.

nobody cares

Yeah cuz trying to get people to be paid fair wages isn't something we want to stand for!

ANY national or international corporation should pay a living wage w/benefits including healthcare. This keeps them off the taxpayer and supports the entire economy since Americans buy from all of us. If you want everyone to be making the minimum wage then go live in a cardboard box in Mexico!

Amazing how people are so quick to come to the defense of the administration of this business. Especially after it's been mismanaged for years and in and out of bankruptcy multiple times in the last decade..

Yet it's the unions that caused this mess? Fucking idiotic bootlickers, wake the hell up.

The US is allowing corporations to make slaves out of us all through legislation written in their favor and lowering wages to near poverty is one of the first steps. Some of you idiots not only welcome it, you actually are asking for it by backing the suits and stomping your fellow laborers.

Morons

After the company moves to mexico the low wage American wont be able to afford their product proving the fallacy of their math. The American wont be able to afford the house pmt and the economy will continue to slide negative.

The new workers w/no healthcare benefits will be supported by American taxes.

I will not support any company that uses union workers.

And unions don't? Who is the moron now?

Probably just heading overseas like everyone else.

Especially when everything the unions claim to be fighting for are already mandated by federal law.

Hostess made billions as a union shop for many years.

You sir are a communist and a purveyor of economic misery. Every sort of government intervention and price control results in disaster, economic doom and as a byproduct reduced government coffers.

The only thing government should be doing is to do what Teddy Roosevelt did, bust the trusts and break up all monopolies. Instead government reinforces the monopolies, their real clients.

It's done!

It was Romney Vulture Capitalist Style Management that Killed Hostess, Not Unions

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Why would you support it in the first place? These twinkies are the makings of the devil. Filled with so much industrial garbage its amazing how its even edible.