Workers at the 156-year-old Wisconsin brewery stage first strike since 1985, saying raise offer lags far behind inflation.
either striking or threatening to strike, the concerns of several dozen small-town brewery workers might be easy to overlook. But the Leinenkugel’s strike shows the breadth and diversity of worker angst after years of wages lagging inflation. Small pockets of picketing are cropping up in many local communities across the nation, including at a sour cream plant in De Pere, Wis., a paper mill in Grand Rapids, Minn., and among six workers at Three Brothers Coffee in Nashville.
The company and union declined to discuss details of the wage negotiations. Workers said the offered raise falls far behind inflation, which has jumped by 18 percent since their last contract in 2020. Average hourly wages in the private sector grew by 14 percent nationwide over the same period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.by Jacob Leinenkugel, who came from a family of German brewers.
“It’s, like, the beer I learned to love beer on, when I was in college,” said Ashley Gauger, a teacher from the Milwaukee area, as she sipped a glass on the patio at Leinie’s Lodge, a company-owned bar next to the brewery. Stopping off during a road trip to Minnesota, Gauger said she only learned of the strike as she sat down to drink and heard the noise from the picket line. “My wage increases never meet inflation, so I understand and I support fair pay,” she said.
The worsening atmosphere and pay has led to high turnover at the plant — a big change from the old days, when locals coveted the jobs and often stayed until retirement, Bowe and others said.
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