Friday, November 30, 2012

Class Warfare -- Twinkies Edition

Kind of makes you want to organize a firing squad:
"On Thursday, as part of a plan to liquidate the company and lay off 18,000 workers, a federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., approved paying 19 Hostess executives bonuses totaling $1.8 million. Hostess has said it has interest from at least 110 firms who want to buy pieces of the operation.

"The decision comes as the company, known for its iconic snack cakes like Ho Hos and Ding Dongs, says it doesn't have enough cash on hand to pay retirement benefits to some former employees." (our emphasis)
Hostess is currently owned by private investment firms =cough=jobcreators=cough=.

Vulture capitalism -- awesome!

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