tomkanpa wrote:
Teamsters still foaming over ejection by Pa. brewer Yuengling

By The Associated Press
Friday, May 25, 2007

Little appears to have changed at Yuengling since the union got the
boot.

The brewery continues to pay 100 percent of the cost of workers'
health insurance, said Casinelli, the Yuengling executive. It also
boosted wages by 3 percent last year.

The Teamsters "are hurting their own membership with this nonsense,"
he said. "Our brands are a significant source of income for
wholesalers all over the state, many of whom are union houses, and
I've not had one house throw our brand out."

Nor has there been much reaction in Pottsville. Yuengling has long
helped anchor this gritty town, offering relatively high-paying jobs
in an area where such jobs are scarce. Yuengling employs almost 200
people, most of them at the Pottsville brewery and at a second
facility nearby.

"This is a pretty tough part of Pennsylvania. There's not a lot of
jobs around here and they provide a lot of employment," he said. "If
the union gets decertified, it's because they're not adding value."

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