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| Union hopping mad after Yuengling sez 'Auf Wiedersehen' |
| 2007-05-31 |
| Dick Yuengling Jr., fifth-generation owner of the brewery that bears his name, called his employees together a few weeks before their labor contract was set to expire to talk about the future of the business. "Read between the lines," he told them at one point, according to government documents on the management-union feud that followed. Depending upon whom you ask, Yuengling's speech was either a pep talk to urge employees to work harder or an ultimatum to dump the Teamsters union, which is what they did. The union has been trying to strike back, urging a boycott of the 178-year-old brewery's product. The company says the effort has fallen flat - with "absolutely zero feedback" from the marketplace, according to chief operating officer David Casinelli. Now, the Teamsters say they are going to try to get state lawmakers to intervene in what they say has been an unfair fight. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 #4 100% paid HC and he doesn't care about his workers. Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-05-31 17:40 well...yeah! He didn't pay their Teamster dues! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-31 19:13 |
| #4 100% paid HC and he doesn't care about his workers. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-05-31 17:40 |
| #3 I've been wondering how something like that beer goes around with a dead ringer for a Chinese name. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-05-31 08:08 |
| #2 "hopping mad"? How about these: "Trouble brews between Yuengling, Teamsters" "Teamster-led boycott is 'small beer,' says Yuengling" "Teamsters discuss malt-ernative strategy" |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-05-31 06:32 |
| #1 lawmakers to intervene in what they say has been an unfair fight Yeah, I didn't get what I want! Someone must be cheating! Where's the ACLU? I liked Yuengling even before I read this article. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-31 06:07 |