Inside the Hostess Bakery

Hacker news?

The story of this company is that management and labour are in a pissing match. There's nothing technical in here and nothing insightful on the business side either. This is just PR spin, but its sort of irrelevant. Company has been a financial disaster, and its a dying business regardless, so it sucks for everyone.<p>No winners. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hostess-failed-hedge-funds-v-unions-2012-11" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hostess-failed-hedge-fund...</a>

Why are there no software unions, or engineering unions?

While a lot of people might be annoyed at the lack of technical content, it is a reminder to all who are employees that the cause of Labor is far from secure.<p>For those of us who wish to be employers one day, it's a good example of what not to do.