Re: Hostess is closing. RIP Twinkies...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Inogame</div><div class="ubbcode-body">LOL, "management retention bonuses" don't close multi billion dollar companies.
They do however, make great soundbites for people who don't know better.</div></div>
You're exactly right, they don't close multi-billion dollar companies.
But what management bonuses given in 1113 *do* accomplish, however, is galvanizing your labor force against management, which makes it MUCH more difficult for management to do their job.
If managers are asking labor for an 8% cut, those same managers getting bonuses creates an us vs. them mentality that flies in the face of "best interest of the company".
In short, there's lots of managers in business, but very few leaders.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sorry, just so much info showing the BCTGM was the problem here, including the Teamsters agreeing they were the problem.
I guess that's why it's easy to blame the union here... it was their fault. </div></div>
Don't get me wrong, I think in this particular case the striking union thought management was bluffing with their Ch7 threat and management proved them wrong. I also think its shitty that 5000 people's actions can put 18,500 people out of work.
I'm a former union volunteer, and my wife is a union staffer. That said, I presently work for a small business owner who is VERY anti-union.
Companies get the unions they deserve, the unions that their management style earns them.
There's a reason why companies like Southwest Airlines have good relationships with their unions, while so many others struggle...