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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1069530" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>Seriously? Hostess would still be active today if the bakers' union had agreed to compensation cuts. Instead, the bakers' union sold its production workers some fantasy in which they could easily get another high paying (in relative to the last offer, which I outlined earlier) job even if Hostess went bust. Dream on -- these are unskilled, run-of-the-mill employees who will soon be competing for minimum wage jobs. </p><p></p><p>On a personal level, I think it's disappointing that the American middle class is gradually disappearing, as labor movement continues to disintegrate. But on a rational level, I recognize that businesses are always seeking to lower cost; if I were a Hostess employee, and I knew my company was getting crushed by competition with lower cost structure, I'd be open to taking a deep pay cut - as long as my pay would remain above what I could otherwise get on the job market. Instead, Hostess employees will be milking government benefits & maxing out their credit cards on a path toward personal bankruptcy while they refuse to believe their "skills" are worth less than they were making several years ago due to a CBA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1069530, member: 43436"] Seriously? Hostess would still be active today if the bakers' union had agreed to compensation cuts. Instead, the bakers' union sold its production workers some fantasy in which they could easily get another high paying (in relative to the last offer, which I outlined earlier) job even if Hostess went bust. Dream on -- these are unskilled, run-of-the-mill employees who will soon be competing for minimum wage jobs. On a personal level, I think it's disappointing that the American middle class is gradually disappearing, as labor movement continues to disintegrate. But on a rational level, I recognize that businesses are always seeking to lower cost; if I were a Hostess employee, and I knew my company was getting crushed by competition with lower cost structure, I'd be open to taking a deep pay cut - as long as my pay would remain above what I could otherwise get on the job market. Instead, Hostess employees will be milking government benefits & maxing out their credit cards on a path toward personal bankruptcy while they refuse to believe their "skills" are worth less than they were making several years ago due to a CBA. [/QUOTE]
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