UPDATE: Sat, 25 Jun 2022, 1:37 PM. I heard from a member of Local 830; the strike is over with a new contract having been ratified. Overnight workers should be on Sunday, and the trucks should start rolling on Monday. Teamsters Local 830 went on strike this week against the major beer wholesalers in Philadelphia extended area. Teamsters Local 830 represents drivers, warehouse workers, and sales reps. This is Local 830's first strike in their 80 years of existence. First a little history. I'll be brief promise. Back in the day, the three major US breweries (AB, Coors, Miller) each had a number of wholesalers in the area, usually at the county level. As the breweries got larger, they wanted to work with larger and fewer wholesalers, and urged their wholesalers to consolidate. As the years went by, this happened. So in the Philly area, we have three major wholesalers (Penn for AB, Muller for Miller, and Origlio for Coors), and a number of small distributors who mos...
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