Anchor’s drive is historic because it’s one of the first organizing efforts at a craft brewery, one that could have broader implications for the industry. (Whether acquired breweries like Anchor are still “craft” is a semantic debate within the beer industry, but its output and positioning evoke a mid-sized regional craft brewery.) And yet the Anchor drive has been arduous. On Feb. 7, an ILWU organizer delivered brewery management a letter that 39 of Anchor’s 72 production workers, tour guides and barroom staffers had signed requesting voluntary recognition. It’s a claim executives often make when facing a union vote.

Source: Huffington Post March 13, 2019 00:33 UTC