Say goodbye to Twinkies

as the company was preparing to file for bankruptcy earlier this year, CEO of Hostess was awarded a 300 percent raise (from approximately $750,000 to $2,550,000) and at least nine other top executives of the company received massive pay raises. One such executive received a pay increase from $500,000 to $900,000 and another received one taking his salary from $375,000 to $656,256.

Over the past 15 months, Hostess workers have seen the company unilaterally end contractually-obligated payments to their pension plan. Despite saving more than $160 million with this action, the company continues to fall deeper and deeper into debt.

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Hostess Continues Pattern Of Misinformation - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee





So part of the reason they remained on strike was that they simply had no faith the current owners of Hostess to do anything that didn't line the managements pockets instead of trying to save the company.