Over 18,000 jobs lost after Hostess calls it quits
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SCHILLER PARK, IL - NOVEMBER 15: A sign hangs on the Hostess Brands bakery on November 15, 2012 in Schiller Park, Illinois. Workers with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union at the facility have walked off the job. They are not allowed by their contract to strike so they walked off their jobs in a show of support for striking workers at other Hostess facilities. Hostess Brands Inc. has warned striking employees that it will move to liquidate the company if plant operations don?t return to normal levels this afternoon. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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