US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain has ordered that Hostess and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union meet for mediation, in order to resolve things in way that would avoid the closure of the company.
At the hearing Drain said that there are "serious questions as to the logic behind the decision to strike".
He further pointed out that his main goal is to keep more than eighteen thousand people from losing their jobs.
Hostess announced the closures after they could not keep the union from striking, even after the company warned that they were not financially stable enough to withstand a strike.
Mediation talks will be kept private, with Drain acting as mediator.
If the two sides can not come to an agreement, Drain warned that he will ensure mediation takes place in a very public setting, and at great cost to both sides.
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