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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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Not the greatest beer in the world but I’ll buy a six-pack just to stick it to the union thugs.
Y-ling is actually drinkable if it’s from the tap.
Didn't Anakin Skywalker kill all the yuenglings when he turned to the dark side?
why are you lollygagging??
I’m trying to find a good example for todays WFTD, and I was answering my pings.
LOL...don't worry, many people at first assume it is a Chinese beer. I grew up a few hours north of Pottsville, in Binghamton, NY, and Yuengling has been available for as long as I can recall.
Oh trust me, not telling me anything I don’t know.
Father in law was a teamster, even the local chapter president for a while... worked on the maintenance and road crew for a local municipality. Then he got hurt on the Job and could no longer work, the Union just blew him off...
They have it in a very limited number of shops here in Connecticut, mostly in the far western part of the state, but only in smaller convenience stores, in the smaller towns.
Just last week I was talking to a guy at my favorite watering hole about Yuengling (I was drinking it) and the guy told me he did some work for Dick Yuengling (not the business) and that he’s a good guy. He said Dick’s daughter’s husbands have to sign prenups and if they work at the brewery they do the grunt work like anybody else.
Maybe Old Chicago has it in their World Beer Tour?
The Yard House is about 12 miles from me. Actually in Palm Beach Gardens. Excellent place. Been there several times.
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