Hostess Serves New Batch of Cuts

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Description:  If negotiations fail, Hostess and its unions will face off in a trial over whether the company can scrap its labor contracts-an example of how wage levels across many once-vibrant industries are falling. Mike Spector reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images.

Source: Marketwatch.com – video report

Date: 04/02/2012

Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/hostess-serves-new-batch-of-cuts/A64EE3DD-0867-4DE5-B20B-F85496993B9A

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the main points presented in this report.
  • What are some possible resolutions that you would put forward as a labor conciliator?

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