The CEO, Charles Sullivan, and many of the senior
executives sold chunks of their stock. The CEO and senior
executives were making out big, and the workers were making a decent living.
At that time, one of the hostess workers – Mike Hummel, blogging as bluebarnstormer over at Daily Kos – noted that he was making $48,000 a year, a bit over the US median household income, and had insurance and a pension.