We Won It! Anchor Steam Brewery ILWU Local 6 Workers Get A Union & A Contract

On Feb 7, 2019 union supporters of the ILWU Local 6 sent a letter to Anchor Steam Brewing management asking the company to recognize ILWU Local 6 as the workers union.

Instead, the company, which is owned by Japanese brewer Sapporo initially tried to stall and fight the union. They also lost the vote on union recognition with workers voting on March 2019, 31-16 to support the ILWU.

In late December 2019 with 52 voting workers, 49 chose to ratify a proposed union contract. This will not only hike their wages but give them union conditions and benefits.

ILWU Local 6 Anchor Steam bartenders Blake Dahlstrom and Patrick Machel talk to KPFA WorkWeek host Steve Zeltzer about why they decided to join the ILWU Local 6 and what the lessons of their successful unionization have been.

They are already talking with workers at other micro-breweries about becoming unionized.

Additional media.

UNION TIME At Anchor Steam-ILWU Raises The Anchor In SF!
https://youtu.be/0nxji8aO6B8

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