The union representing Hostess Brands Inc.'s fired bakery workers held talks with companies bidding for the Twinkie maker's assets, the union’s leader said, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. "We've engaged with potential future owners and we're willing to work with them," said David Durkee, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. He did not specify which companies the union contacted or what was discussed. The union signed a confidentiality agreement allowing it to pursue the talks and will fight to be part of Hostess’s future, Durkee said. Hostess, founded in 1930, is liquidating its brands, recipes, plants and other assets after failing to reach an agreement with the striking union on concessions to help the company emerge from its second bankruptcy.
