Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strike at Budweiser Maker AB InBev
- Union says 5,000 workers at 12 breweries prepared to strike
- Teamsters want new contract with improved wages, job security
The Anheuser-Busch brewing facility in Newark, New Jersey.
Photographer: Daniel Barry/Bloomberg
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Union workers at Anheuser-Busch InBev overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike at the beverage-maker’s 12 US breweries, saying the company has delayed negotiating on a key contract issue.
Ninety-nine percent of Teamsters voted for walkouts at the world’s biggest brewer if a new contract isn’t secured by the time the current agreement expires at the end of February, the union said in a statement on Saturday.