date:Jul 18, 2013
gotiated a fair and equitable collective bargaining agreement, and the bakery is up and running, producing high-quality products, Mr. Durkee said. In fact, the workers there are earning more in wages in the first year of the contract than they were when Hostess closed the bakery last year.
Mr. Durkee said he blamed Hostess demise last year to critical mistakes made by a series of management teams that simply did not have any meaningful experience in the wholesale bread and cake baking business.