Quote Originally Posted by gos View Post
Well managed businesses will do just fine, regardless of taxes, unions, Obamacare, or anything else. Businesses do NOT have an automatic right to be profitable.

The free market system is supposed to chew up and spit out the weak links. Hostess, as a corporation, was the slow gazelle in the herd being chased by lions.

People (and businesses) are entitled to whatever they negotiate among themselves. If Hostess couldn't find replacement workers, that's Hostesses' problem, not the union's problem.

Since we have something close to 25 million people out of work, you don't think Hostess could have found a bunch of $7/hour people to squirt cream into twinkies?
WHAT??????????????????? Not be profitable??????????????? if i open another business i have every right to be profitable. PROVIDING I can be competitive, have good CS and listen to the customer.
The UNION does not Have a right to blackmail me with threats of picket lines, work slow downs and behind the scene trash talking of my company or product (inferior, NON-Union made etc) Nor does some low life scumbag like jesse jackson have the right to racist or rainbow coalition me in to hiring unqualified people of ANY COLOR.
SAME SHAKE DOWN, DIFFERENT GROUP DOING IT.

Sure we could have hired $7 hr labor. Can they run the machines, fix the conveyor belt, read & comprehend english?? Even a basic employment co has applicants do mechanical & comprehension skill test.