<p>Too true!<br>
Maybe Hostess should've jumped on the fundraiser bandwagon like to doughnut place.<br>
Their original target market, middle class white people, has changed their diet. If the made sushi biscuits...</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 22, 2012 9:11 AM, <<a href="mailto:simontek@gmail.com">simontek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
To those who say america is eating healthier.<br>
Krispy Kreme.<br>
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Also hello from ATL for once.<br>
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From: Michael Potter <<a href="mailto:michael@potter.name">michael@potter.name</a>><br>
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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:19:57<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [ale] Way OT - the death of Twinkies<br>
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Perhaps the problem is that they make things people do not want to buy.<br>
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 11/20/2012 03:27 PM, Sparr wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Lightner, Jeff <<a href="mailto:JLightner@water.com">JLightner@water.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Interestingly their main union had actually signed a contract and it was<br>
>>> a lesser union that went on strike. A co-worker of mine said that he had<br>
>>> heard or read that other union did it because they decided they'd make more<br>
>>> money on unemployment than with the new contract with all the concessions it<br>
>>> had.<br>
>><br>
>> Obvious fix for this would be to not give unemployment to them in this<br>
>> situation. How is "strike until the company collapses" any different<br>
>> from "quit voluntarily" in terms of unemployment eligibility?<br>
><br>
><br>
> The striking employees have zero decision ability as to the continuation of<br>
> the business. Only management can make that decision. The strikers want XYZ<br>
> and the managers decide to fire them all by shutting down the business. The<br>
> striking employees did not choose to become unemployed, they chose to<br>
> strike. Their unemployment benefit is based on their last 90 days pay<br>
> average. If they were striking for 89 of them, they are totally screwed. I'm<br>
> not clear if strike pay counts towards the employment pay used to calculate<br>
> unemployment rate. I do know that strike pay is (typically far) less than<br>
> regular working pay (but better than unemployment).<br>
><br>
> No matter it's looked at, it's bad for far more people than benefit from<br>
> this.<br>
><br>
>><br>
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