Little appears to have changed at Yuengling since the union got the boot.

The brewery continues to pay 100 percent of the cost of workers’ health insurance, said Casinelli, the Yuengling executive. It also boosted wages by 3 percent last year.

The Teamsters “are hurting their own membership with this nonsense,” he said. “Our brands are a significant source of income for wholesalers all over the state, many of whom are union houses, and I’ve not had one house throw our brand out.”

Nor has there been much reaction in Pottsville. Yuengling has long helped anchor this gritty town, offering relatively high-paying jobs in an area where such jobs are scarce. Yuengling employs almost 200 people, most of them at the Pottsville brewery and at a second facility nearby.

So much for that boycott, eh, guys?
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 at 1:29 pm.