Dive Summary:
- Twinkies will be back in production at a Columbus, Ga. facility by summer, but questions still remain as to whether the labor unions that crippled Hostess in November will be back as well.
- Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co., the new owners of Hostess Brands, will hire 300 employees for the formerly 400-employee Dolly Madison plant in Columbus.
- There is no word yet as to whether labor unions will be welcomed back at Hostess plants; former employees will not automatically get their old jobs back and will need to reapply for them.
From the article:
"... The private equity firms did not return calls for comment. Neither did the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers International Union, one of two unions involved in last year's talks. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined comment. ..."
