Hostess To Reopen, Expand Bakery In Kansas

[madokie]

I wonder if this investor partnership includes the previous owners and if this is simply a way for them to oust the Union.

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) -- Hostess Brands LLC says it will reopen its eastern Kansas bakery this summer, with the hiring of an initial 250 people already underway.

The announcement was made Thursday by the investment partnership that bought Hostess Brands' snack cake product lines.

More than 500 people lost their jobs when Hostess, then in bankruptcy proceedings, closed the plant in Emporia last November following a strike by union bakers.

Hostess Brands LLC paid $410 million for the rights to the Hostess and Dolly Madison snack cake brands, along with five plants. But Emporia City Commissioner Jon Geitz tells KVOE-AM that the reopening of the local plant hadn't been assured until Thursday.

Very little more: http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2013/04/hostess-to-reopen-expand-bakery-in-kansas

[HiPointDem]

1. and will the people get their jobs back? at the same pay? with the same benefits? with their

pensions intact?

i couldn't care less whether 'hostess' reopens or not, actually, or whether another twinkie is ever produced. i care what happens to the people and the jobs.

[madokie]

2. I'm not sure anyone here could care if hostese reopens or not

My suspicion is the people will not be rehired at their old wages nor with the same benefits. If this one is like the plants I've seen close and reopen here they might rehire a few of the key people and then a whole different work force. Busting the unions and getting out from under their pension plans is a lot of why they choose to take this route to begin with. IMO