Anyone who lives somewhere where Cooper's Bitter Ale is
available (like the UK) - and drinks Budweiser instead -
is a flat-out brain-dead Loon, IMHO.
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Posted on 04/27/2022 5:32:58 PM PDT by algore
London (CNN Business)Hundreds of Budweiser employees in the United Kingdom could go on strike, threatening to create a shortage of some of the country's most popular beers.
The UK staff of the world's biggest brewer have refused to accept the company's new pay package. According to GMB Union, the offer from the Budweiser Brewing group, the UK arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev, was a 3% increase for 2022 and 3% for 2023 with increases in overtime rates. But with UK inflation hitting 9%, the union says the pay raises will actually amount to an overall pay cut for the workers.
A total of 225 GMB members working at BBG's Samlesbury site have voted for industrial action, a precursor to a potential strike. For the first time, members supported full strike action.
"Workers are rightly angry and if this strike goes the distance Budweiser could face a summer beer drought," GMB Organiser Stephen Boden said in a statement. The BBG site produces an array of beers such as Budweiser, Stella Artois, Becks, Boddingtons and Export Pale Ale.
A spokesperson from BBG told CNN in a statement that the company is offering a competitive package "in the 90th percentile for total compensation -- with benefits that include private medical cover and bonuses."
"We've made significant investments in Samlesbury which have resulted in further innovation and automation, additional skills development, promotions and many new job opportunities. Over recent years we have increased our headcount by over 65," the spokeperson added.
BBG and GMB have had a "positive and long-standing relationship" and have been in negotiation for months claiming their staff are their "greatest strength," the spokeperson said. "We are hopeful that through a continued open dialogue we can still reach a mutually acceptable way forward which will avoid industrial action."
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A “draftless” summer?
Fake News. Who believes our government is going to settle for less tax revenue ?
Since your contract is expiring… you can get a 0% increase.
Egad, they’ll be forced to drink Real Ale!
I would rather drink 40’s of Olde English 800 than Budweiser.
Budweiser is NOT beer.
I don’t think I have ever had s Budweiser, is it an ok beer?
Where I live, if someone ever said “this bud’s for you”
it would have nothing to do with beer.
BINGO!!!!! Rot gut, headache producing crap.
Why do English folks drink American yellow water when they have so many draft options that are pure and awesome in their own land?
I actually don’t know anyone who drinks Bud.
When we were 18, sometimes we would pound Bud Ice because it was stronger, and we took whatever someone would buy us.
Headache in a can...
I think the worst beer I’ve ever had is Steel Reserve.
The two worst boozes I’ve had were Military Special Whisky, and some filthy moonshine from North Carolina.
The shot of moonshine made my insides hurt.
Haven’t had a crappy Budweiser or similar swill in over 25 years.
Sierra Nevada Pale or better.
Anyone who lives somewhere where Cooper's Bitter Ale is
available (like the UK) - and drinks Budweiser instead -
is a flat-out brain-dead Loon, IMHO.
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.
I cringe at the thought of Budweiser. Sierra Nevada is still pretty bad for me.
Local craft breweries make very good beer if you have them in your area.
Most do. The only people who drink Bud there are young morons in nightclubs who think it’s “trendy”.
I drank nothing but real ale when I lived there. And even that differs depending on the segment of the country to how much of a “head” you get on a pint, how cool, and how fizzy.
I particularly liked a good “mild”. Smooth and creamy.
I’m surprised to hear that anyone on the other side of the Atlantic drinks American Budweiser. In Europe, if you order a Budweiser, they’ll probably hand you the real thing, from Budweis, Czech Republic.
England?
Budweiser?
Have the limeys lost their minds?
With all the ales, stouts, bitters, ciders, lagers, sours and other varieties BUDWEISER is a thing?
Sweet Lord Above heal their palates and save them from that over advertised horse pizzle sold by Anheuser-Busch.
Amen.
Biden’s favorite beer. He thinks it’s called Butt Wiper.
He has had his butt wiped, as he stated in public…
This has to be fake. There is no way they would drink Budweiser in England.
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