drinking from a fire house. trust me, the twinkie brand is going to be just fine. the executives will get paid despite their mismanagement. but the workers who built the brand are really getting hurt. more than 18,000 workers across the country are losing their jobs right now. right before the holidays. some have been given 20 or 30 years to the company. that kind of service to them and loyalty. they ve been without health care coverage since december 1st. hostess also stopped paying pensions to them last year. hostess executives drive an iconic brand into bankruptcy twice. they re getting paid big bucks. the workers made concessions. and they basically prayed for better management that never showed up. tonight, they are out of a job. i m joined by congressman jim mcdermott of washington, member of the house ways & means committee. great to have you back on the program. great to be back, ed. your state is going to lose
substantial sums. he says there are so many interested buyers it s like drinking from a fire house. trust me, the twinkie brand is going to be just fine. the executives will get paid despite their mismanagement. but the workers who built the brand are really getting hurt. more than 18,000 workers across the country are losing their jobs right now. right before the holidays. some have been given 20 or 30 years to the company. that kind of service to them and loyalty. they ve been without health care coverage since december 1st. hostess also stopped paying pensions to them last year. hostess executives drive an iconic brand into bankruptcy twice. they re getting paid big bucks. the workers made concessions. and they basically prayed for better management that never showed up. tonight, they are out of a job. i m joined by congressman jim mcdermott of washington, member
he says there are so many interested buyers it s like drinking from a fire house. trust me, the twinkie brand is going to be just fine. the executives will get paid despite their mismanagement. but the workers who built the brand are really getting hurt. more than 18,000 workers across the country are losing their jobs right now. right before the holidays. some have been given 20 or 30 years to the company. that kind of service to them and loyalty. they ve been without health care coverage since december 1st. hostess also stopped paying pensions to them last year. hostess executives drive an iconic brand into bankruptcy twice. they re getting paid big bucks. the workers made concessions. and they basically prayed for better management that never showed up. tonight, they are out of a job. i m joined by congressman jim mcdermott of washington, member of the house ways & means committee.
have ohio. we have to come up with a plan to make sure we can divide this stuff up, so the republicans will have a better chance of winning it. they tried in 2012, because the m thes stood up, and we ll keep standing up and fighting. whether it s the national republican party or the state party here in ohio, we re getting ready for them and we re not going to stand down. all right. great to have you with us. ohio state senator, nina turner. thank you for your time tonight. and a quick update on a story that we ve been following. mediation talks between hostess and their workers union have failed. today a federal judge approved a plan for hostess to wind down operations and the company will start to liquidate, selling off its assets. this means that 15,000 hostess workers will face immediate layoffs and within another additional 3,000 layoffs after they wind down and liquidate the assets. investors have expressed interest in buying the twinkie brand name. twinkie will survive hoste
stuff up, so the republicans will have a better chance of winning it. they tried in 2012, because the m thes stood up, and we ll keep standing up and fighting. whether it s the national republican party or the state party here in ohio, we re getting ready for them and we re not going to stand down. all right. great to have you with us. ohio state senator, nina turner. thank you for your time tonight. and a quick update on a story that we ve been following. mediation talks between hostess and their workers union have failed. today a federal judge approved a plan for hostess to wind down operations and the company will start to liquidate, selling off its assets. this means that 15,000 hostess workers will face immediate layoffs and within another additional 3,000 layoffs after they wind down and liquidate the assets. investors have expressed interest in buying the twinkie brand name. twinkie will survive hostess bad business practices, but the employees will be out of luck, right b