USA: Strike against Anheuser-Busch distributor

The beer drinkers in the land of Budweiser are served other brands these days in the name of union solidarity. Teamsters on strike against an Anheuser-Busch distributor are urging residents to boycott the brew, the Associtated Press reported on October 20.

Nevertheless drinking anything but Budweiser is practically a heresy in St. Louis, the home of Anheuser-Busch Cos., where Bud is still the King of Beers.Actually, the strike has been the least successful labor action in St. Louis in at least 30 years, said Neil Bernstein, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

25 members of Teamsters Local 600 went on strike in May against Lohr Distributing Co. after talks collapsed over salary and health care payments. The company said this month they have been permanently replaced.

With baseball's playoffs ushering in prime beer-drinking season, striking drivers have gathered outside Busch Stadium, asking fans to stay away from Anheuser-Busch products inside. But they have only modest hopes of changing the drinking habits of the fans, who guzzle about 8,500 gallons of Anheuser-Busch beer during a typical game, according to the drivers.

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