Drink Union This Weekend, Your Guide to Union-Made Beer

by Jake Blumgart

I spend a lot of time reading, thinking, and writing about unions and other labor issues. I also spend a reasonable amount of time drinking with my friends, particularly on weekends, and especially on holiday weekends. When combined these activities lend themselves to speculation about which of the beverages I consume are union made. The answer: a surprising number of them! So, in honor of the July Fourth weekend I’ve thoughtfully compiled a list of economically just — and mostly cheap beverages — for all your holiday drinking needs.

Teamsters Strategy on Acquisition of Anheuser Busch

The Teamsters Union is placing global union strategies at the center of its effort to protect jobs and communities that might be threatened by the takeover of Anheuser Busch. The collapsing US dollar has made it possible for the Belgian/Brazilian brewer InBev to acquire Anheuser Busch for some $52 billion depreciated greenbacks.

If shareholders and regulators approve the takeover as expected, the new company Anheuser-Busch InBev would control about 25 percent of the world beer market, easily outstripping current leader SABMiller in market share and size.