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2013-04-29 Economy

Have Twinkies Killed the Union Movement?

[CNBC] Original Twinkies are coming back--but under new management--and with a vow to use nonunion workers.

Some five months after Hostess shut down over a standoff with its unions, the restructured company is expecting to put its snacks back on store shelves in the coming months.

The Hostess closing left more than 18,000 people out of work across the country--with the vast majority belonging to the Teamsters and the Bakery Union.

With Hostess back in business, labor analysts say the union movement may have taken a major hit just when it seemed to be gaining lost energy with recent walkouts or job actions.

"The Hostess strike will be a lasting image and not for the good of unions," said Marc Bloch, a labor and employment lawyer at Walter & Haverfield.

"I think any management team will hold up a photo to its workers of Hostess strikers and say, 'What's a union going to do for you?''' Bloch said. "The case can be made that they did nothing."

The Teamsters said it had no comment, and calls to the Bakery Union were not returned.

For the union workers who were left without a job, the Hostess shutdown showed the weakness of unions, said Daniel Opler, a history professor at College of Mount Saint Vincent and a labor relations specialist.

"There's no question the bakers union that rejected a settlement made a tactical error here," he said.
Nothing to worry about. They've got 99 weeks of unemployment benefits.

Posted by Fred 2013-04-29 11:42|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Private unions have been slowly dying for decades. It's the public unions which are swelling their evil ranks.

Posted by Iblis 2013-04-29 15:59|| 2013-04-29 15:59|| Front Page Top

#2 It's the compelled to join by law (aka involuntary servitude) public unions which are swelling their evil ranks.

FIFY

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-04-29 16:24|| 2013-04-29 16:24|| Front Page Top

#3 It would be interesting to track the 'leadership' of the former Bakery Union to see if they're collection unemployment or were taking care of by the 'movement' to other positions in the ~~guild~~ hierarchy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-04-29 16:38|| 2013-04-29 16:38|| Front Page Top

#4 can't vouch for other municipalities/states, but my eeeeevil (closed shop) public union has shrunk. Managed Competition with private industry (to some extent), cutbacks in pay (6% since 2009) and benefits (no pension - 401K's only for new hires since last year). We aren't allowed to strike and have never had that stranglehold so many claim. I guess we're doing it wrong :-)

Posted by Frank G 2013-04-29 18:59|| 2013-04-29 18:59|| Front Page Top

#5 The Marxist/Leftist-Globalists intend or desire for the post-2015, "borderless", OWG-GFU suborned Amerika to be completely unionized - THE SNAFU IN THEIR SCHEMING IS HOW ARE ORDINARY AMERIKANS + LEFTFED GOING TO PAY + SUPPORT US-SPECIFIC WORKPLACE UNIONS [read, $$$ Dues = Accts Payable] WHEN NO ONE HAS A FULL-TIME = 8-HOUR + OT JOB ANYMORE, WHILE THE MILYUHNS + DILYUHNS OF FOREIGN WORKERS INVITED TO LIVE + WORK IN PAN-TTP AMERIKA ARE SALARIED AT BELOW THE US/FED MINIMUM WAGE???

Lest we fergit, OWG-NWO + "Globalism" = "PART-TIME/LESS-THAN-PART-TIME IS THE NEW FULL-TIME".

FEAR NOTTETH, HOSTESS-LOVERS, SURELY CANADA + MEXICO + GREENLAND + ..... ....@ETC. WILL PAY FOR OUR SUGARY UNION "SPACE/STAR SNACKS"!

D *** NG IT, ITS FOR THE GALACTIC REPUBLIC!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-04-29 19:59|| 2013-04-29 19:59|| Front Page Top

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