Posts tagged Anheuser-Busch
Ramping up pressure: Molson Coors strikers slow traffic at Fort Worth facility
March 15, 2024 // The union behind workers striking at Fort Worth’s Molson-Coors brewery said they started stalling vehicles from entering the campus this week, resulting in traffic delays on South Freeway. Rick Miedema, secretary and treasurer for Teamsters Local 997, said they hope it increases the pressure on the company to meet their demands. “Molson Coors refuses to go to the table with us... All that’s hurting here now is the public because every day we’re shutting this freeway down with the amount of traffic out here,” Miedema said.
Teamsters, Anheuser-Busch reach tentative deal to avert a strike
February 29, 2024 // Anheuser-Busch and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract agreement that averts a strike of 5,000 union members who had been prepared to walk out at midnight Thursday. The Teamsters say the deal will grant members an immediate $4 an hour raise and an $8 an hour increase over the life of the contract, raising pay of members by an average of 23%
‘Honk For Beer:’ Molson Coors Workers Take Strike Into Third Day About 420 workers walked out on Saturday morning after negotiations on a new labor contract, taking place amid the company’s record profits, stalled.
February 21, 2024 // Picketers held signs reading “Honk For Beer.” Many on the heavily traveled northbound lanes of Interstate 35W happily obliged. Another sign read, “No Justice, No Beer.” An inflatable rat, on loan from another local Teamsters outfit, rose above the gathering. The implication was clear to an observer.
Union authorizes strike against Bud Light parent company
December 26, 2023 // The Teamsters union has overwhelmingly voted to authorize a potential strike against Anheuser-Busch’s breweries in the U.S. if a new contract agreement cannot be reached early next year. According to the union’s president, 99% of its 5,000 members who work at 12 Anheuser-Busch breweries voted to approve a strike “if Anheuser-Busch’s executives can’t get their act together to negotiate an agreement that respects workers.”
‘We Are Fully Prepared to Walk’ Union Authorizes Strike Against Bud Light Owners, Anheuser-Busch If Demands Are Not Met
December 19, 2023 // Anheuser-Busch Teamsters recently rallied in New Hampshire, California, and Florida with more plans for action across the country. Currently, there has not been a date set for negotiations to take place despite the contract end date being mere months away.
Teamsters authorize strike if new deal with Anheuser-Busch is not reached
December 18, 2023 // The Teamsters members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a potential strike, as 99% voted in favor. The current agreement between the Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch is set to expire on Feb. 29, 2024.
Commentary: The Left and their Union Masters
June 27, 2023 // Since Janus, government employee unions have lost nearly 800,000 members, taking with them billions in dues revenue that can never again be used to fund a machine that suppresses the rights of its own members in order to advance policies that rob the rest of us our God-given freedoms.