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Teamsters foaming over ejection at Yuengling (new favorite brew alert!)
Associated Press ^ | May 29, 2007 | Michael Rubinkam

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: beer; pottsville; teamsters; union; unionthugs; yuengling
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To: buzzyboop

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.


141 posted on 05/30/2007 5:48:55 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
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To: tioga; NeoCaveman; VRWCmember; Robert A. Cook, PE; Conspiracy Guy; SoothingDave; xsmommy; Gabz
I LOVE my Yuengling

Didn't Anakin Skywalker kill all the yuenglings when he turned to the dark side?

142 posted on 05/30/2007 5:55:44 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

why are you lollygagging??


143 posted on 05/30/2007 6:05:54 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I’m trying to find a good example for todays WFTD, and I was answering my pings.


144 posted on 05/30/2007 6:06:50 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: buzzyboop


Click here for the website

Click here for the tour

Never misunderstood.

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145 posted on 05/30/2007 6:11:04 AM PDT by OESY
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To: Post-Neolithic
Funny thing, for years after hearing the name of the beer I thought it was made in China so I never drank it. About a year ago someone from PA set me straight. Yuengling(Pronounced YingLing), means young man in German and has been brewed in PA for almost two centuries. From that day on it's been about the only brewski I drink.

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.

146 posted on 05/30/2007 6:16:32 AM PDT by CT-Freeper (Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
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To: Tail Gunner John

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...


147 posted on 05/30/2007 6:19:57 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Andy'smom
They have it in South Carolina. I can’t find it in New England. I like it - I think it would do well in this market.

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.

148 posted on 05/30/2007 6:25:03 AM PDT by CT-Freeper (Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
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I live in SW Pennsylvania and I love my Yuengling Traditional Lager! As my biker buddy would say:”This beer is the cat’s A$$!” About 3 months ago I stopped at my local distributor and the owner gave me a Yuengling T-shirt because he said I was his best customer.
149 posted on 05/30/2007 6:30:04 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Liberals, A terrorists best friend!)
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To: Corporate Law

150 posted on 05/30/2007 8:26:24 AM PDT by Corporate Law (<>< - Xavier Basketball - Perennial Slayer Of #1 Ranked Teams)
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To: trimom

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.


151 posted on 05/30/2007 9:29:45 AM PDT by NEPA
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To: Xenalyte
All of those
taste like heaven
compared to this:


152 posted on 05/30/2007 9:46:10 AM PDT by Hoodat ( ETERNITY - Smoking, or Non-smoking?)
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To: dirtboy

Maybe Old Chicago has it in their World Beer Tour?


153 posted on 05/30/2007 12:37:29 PM PDT by GLH3IL (This so called 're-deployment' is really a vote catching program. General Patton - 1944)
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To: hunter112

The Yard House is about 12 miles from me. Actually in Palm Beach Gardens. Excellent place. Been there several times.


154 posted on 05/30/2007 9:53:18 PM PDT by Ron in Acreage (FRED/ROMNEY 08-The Winning Ticket)
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