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A couple months ago, Mike Elk at the Campaign for America’s Future wrote a piece about why he had stopped drinking Yuengling beer. Titled “Union Busting Ended My Love Affair with a Beer,” it got some other people thinking about responsible beer-drinking. (Responsible beyond obvious stuff like not drinking and driving, that is.)
The AFL-CIO and Working America have joined together to move that discussion forward at Netroots Nation. And, since it’s Netroots Nation, it’s got to be fun as well as educational. That’s why we’re, literally, raising a glass (or a few hundred of them) for the working class.
During Netroots Nation, stop by our booth any time the exhibit hall is open, and take action for working families—sign on to support health care reform or the freedom to join a union, or join Working America (if you’re not already a member). We’ll also have wallet-sized info cards to carry as a reminder of which beers are union made.
Then, each afternoon, come back to the booth and (if you’re older than 21), sample some union beer. We’ll have locally brewed Iron City, Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat and Classic Amber, and either Miller High Life or Budweiser American Ale. If you’re not an alcohol drinker, you can taste some Sharp’s.
We hope we see you there!
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Sounds like a very good idea. What about wines, also?
I reside in Buffalo NY and for the same price as american beers I can get Union made imported Labatts
There have been other problems in Pottsville. Alcoa’s Cressona Operations has also been the scene of labor controversy. This may be ongoing-I was there in 2001 on an Alcoa safety training session. I thought the safety program at Cressona was decades behind the program at Alcoa’s Massena Operations, where I was employed. The plant was old and the equipment was decrepit. That didn’t matter-the plant was profitable and was very resistant to change.