# Hostess  out of business; 18,500 jobs to be lost

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**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hostess-out-of-business-18-500-jobs-to-be-lost/265503 "2012-11-16T05:34:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![silverandslow1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@silverandslow1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silverandslow1)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hostess-out-of-business-18-500-jobs-to-be-lost/265503/83 "2012-12-03T10:06:54Z")

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> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/2992):
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> Without unions you wouldnt have the nice luxuries at your job today.
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> -40 hour work week
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> - 5 day work week
> - OSHA and safety regulations
> - Fringe benefits (health, dental, vacation, retirement)
> - overtime
> - End child labor
> - Made sure people like Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie didn’t have total control over a worker’s life.
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> and so much more. Don’t completely hate on unions. They have given the American workforce a lot to be happy about.

Yes, and just like the government theyve become too big and too powerful. A union these days can destroy any company regardless of their success. Can you imagine if Mcdonalds workers got into a Union?

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