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Anchor Brewing Votes to Unionize
By Tom McCormick Filed Under: General News
Workers at Anchor Brewing Co. in San Francisco voted to unionize Wednesday, becoming one of the few small brewers in the country to be unionized.
Employees at “America’s first craft brewery” voted 31-16 to organize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Only a few breweries outside of the Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors groups are unionized, including the Lagunitas brewery in Chicago and Boston Beer’s brewery in Cincinnati. There was an effort to unionize at the now-closed Pyramid Brewery in Berkeley, Calif. in 2013 but that effort failed.
The friction between workers and the new owner (Sapporo bought the brewery in 2017) has been percolating for many months as worker have complained about poor working conditions, low-hour shifts to avoid mandated benefits for “full time” workers and overall low wages.
BA Releases ‘Top 50’ Craft Brewing Companies
By Tom McCormick Filed Under: General News, Major Brand News
The Brewers Association today released its annual lists of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume.
“Although the market has grown more competitive, particularly for regional craft breweries with the widest distribution, these 50 small and independent brewing companies continue to lead the craft brewing market in sales through strong brands, quality, and innovation,” said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association.
View the map of top 50 producing craft brewing companies here. Hit the more link for the full list.
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