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You might soon find it hard to get a Budweiser in central Ohio these days. The state’s largest distributor of the brew is having a negotiating stalemate with the Teamsters, which represents more than 100 factory workers and drivers, according to Dayton Business Journal.

Local Union 957 has threatened to strike, the paper notes. Before that happens, though, the Teamsters have added public embarrassment to their tactics: “The union announced it filed a complaint Friday (July 23rd) with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency alleging that Heidelberg dumped contaminated water into a storm water drain on the company’s property,” the paper notes. 

The Teamsters' tagline for their campaign: "Tell Budweiser destroying Ohio jobs is tasteless."Continue reading...