In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, Twinkies baked goods are displayed for sale at the Hostess Brands' bakery in Denver, Colo. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union will go into mediation to try and resolve their differences, meaning the company won't go out of business just yet. The news came Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, after Hostess moved to liquidate and sell off its assets in bankruptcy court citing a crippling strike last week. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Brennan Linsley, ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Hostess news seems typical of the modern union attitude: It is better to not have a job at a given level of pay than to have a job with 8 percent lower pay. And people wonder why jobs are going overseas. It is no wonder to me.
Richard Vernon
Kaysville
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JCS, how about paying attention to the actual facts?
Hostess has been losing money because demand for its products has declined. It has in the past dealt with declining profitability by squeezing worker wages and benefits to protect More..
John Charity Spring, will you please explain to us where the attitude of entitlement for high paid executives comes from?
I'd really like to hear how you justify or rationalize that kind of greed.
JCS has it backwards. The current entitlement mentality of some company executives is driving American prosperity downward. American businesses will not long survive if they force their workers into poverty.
Where did this entitlement More..