I don't think anyone is blaming everything on the unions in the Hostess mess.
But my understanding is the investors lost everything. Might not be true but that's the spin. The CEO's were probably the only one's that didn't get hurt.
CEO's are like Sports Figures. They make Millions per year whether they perform or not. If they fail they fire them with a big fat severance package.
Also Hostess was dealing with something like 350 Collective bargaining agreements.
They were grossly inefficient because of Union rules. Like forcing duplicate delivery routes because one union product couldn't be on the same truck with another.

But it's obvious there were many factors why they failed, not just the union.
But the ONLY thing a business can control directly is labor cost.

I remember working a job where I was Union. Part of my job involved installing Fire hose cabinets. They wanted three tradesmen from three Unions to install the damn thing.I ran the Pipe, the Sheet metal guy mounted the metal cabinet and the Glazer's put on the glass door. It was ridiculous.

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