Posted on 05/29/2007 2:07:19 PM PDT by buzzyboop
POTTSVILLE, Pa. -- 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, Mr. 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.
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im picking up a case of yuengling on my way home tonight.
Try the Lord Chesterfield Ale or the Black and Tan!
Hubby worked there summers while in college. A fine family run business with another generation ready to take over when this one retires.
Good for them. Makes me thirsty for a Yuengling.
Ya probably won’t find it in Texas. It’s pretty much a local brew for Pennsylvania and the surrounding states. They sell all they can brew close to home.
ditto - i’m a heinie light drinker myself but to screw with the union i’ll buy a case of yuengling tomorrow when i’m out and about....
Lord Chesterfield Ale,is that local-I am here in Bucks county.
LOL, win.
I used to see it in houston all the time.....and you can get it in any bar here in mobile....
Well, DUH!
Look for the anti-union label
whenever you're looking to get soused.
Remember somewhere the union's going,
To make beer more expensive, the louts!
You work hard, but who's complaining?
Thanks to Yuengling, we can say,
That we're looking for the anti-union label
When we go drinking in the U.S.A.!
I sympathize with Mr. Yuengling. It’s not paying Teamsters $20/hour that’s the problem. It’s getting one’s $20/hour Teamsters to show up for work that’s a problem, in my experience.
I’ll be getting a case this weekend. Unions only get their way by force and threats. Just like the government.
I drink them occasionally and will seek them out again.
I thought they were purchased by one of the large units and operated under the name only. I had no idea.
It is also a darn good beer.
I’ll pick a few up on the way home too! never had it but am about to, just to support this guy.
There are a few specialty adult beverage shops here in Austin that may have it. I’ll take a look.
That is usually handling and light exposure more so than quality. Now if it smell like bandaids......
Not true. Ying is everywhere. There’s a brewery in Tampa FL. It’s on tap just about everywhere I go in Florida.
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