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	Workers Beer Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Workers Beer Company (WBC) is a British-Irish organisation which runs temporary bars at events and festivals in Europe.
		The most notable events supported by the WBC include Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Tolpuddle Festival, Guilfest, Homelands, the London Fleadh, as well as smaller concerts and meetings.
		The company is supported by the TUC and many other charities and organisations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Workers_Beer_Company (137 words)

	Brewery workers angry, upset at shutdown - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		But the company notified workers by inserting a letter in their weekly paycheck, stating the brewing and bottling operations would cease as of noon yesterday.
		The company wants to keep the plant open as a distribution center for Stoney's beer that would be brewed by a competitor, Pittsburgh Brewing Co. of Lawrenceville.
		Workers are angry Podlucky made arrangements with Pittsburgh Brewing to reduce the Smithton plant to a distribution facility.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/s_11913.html (708 words)

	Wagner Brewing Company, Granite City, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The company appears to have maintained a good relationship with its union employees, which was especially important in a town where worker's rights were favored so strongly that a Socialist mayor was elected.
		A noticeable change occurred to the beer labels at this time, as the old Wagner "bleeding heart" shield was shelved in favor of the more geometric shield which the new owners also used for their P.O.C. brands produced at the Pilsner Brewing Company in Cleveland.
		Company president was Frank B. Sullivan, and directors included William Sinck and Robert Suhr, both of City Ice and Fuel, the former from Chicago, the latter from Cleveland.
	www.beerhistory.com /library/holdings/wagner_granitecity.shtml (5306 words)

	Expert: Fermentation Technology, Beer Expert
		Beer fermentation begins with approximately 8 ppm dissolved oxygen, but within hours the oxygen has been completely removed or taken up by the yeast.
		Other efforts were designed to reduce contamination in beer dispense lines by altering the alpha acids from hops and by chemically bonding approved compounds to beer lines.
		He conducted surveys of companies using enzymes in the confectionery, distilling, brewing, and sugar industries and prepared recommendations based on the responses.
	www.intota.com /viewbio.asp?bioID=604216&perID=716098 (1442 words)

	Notts OFFA & The Workers Beer Co
		Notts OFFA and The Workers Beer Co and
		WBC is a fundraising body for the Labour and Trade Union Movement which gives support to the campaigning and solidarity of grass roots organisations such as Notts OFFA and their campaigns, raising money by running beer tents and bars at music festivals and other events, as well as organising and promoting major music festivals.
		It should be stressed that the quality of the servers carries both the reputation of of both WBC and the organisations working for it, so it is crucial to send the right people - people with an understanding and appreciation of what WBC, as well as the Labour and Trade Union Movement stands for.
	homepages.poptel.org.uk /muwc/WBC-OFFA.htm (465 words)

	WBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		WBC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:
		The WBC, an eight-piece ska band from New Zealand
		This page disambiguates a three-character combination which might be any or all of an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in English, or a word in another language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WBC (115 words)

	Labour Flexes Its Muscles
		These workers who are also voters know as well as anyone else that the choices they make can determine whether one side wins or the other loses.
		This means that when workers become restive enough, their approval of this or that politician matters greatly.
		At a recent rally, telephone company workers tossed beer and peanuts at Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham as he emerged from parliament.
	www.jonesbahamas.com /print.php?a=8324 (688 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Trinidad faces beer shortage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Union and company officials from Caribbean Development Company Ltd. and Carib Glass went to court Tuesday to argue whether the lockout of 875 workers is legal, but a judge postponed the hearing until Thursday.
		Wide differences remain between the workers and the company over wages, pension changes and at least a dozen other issues -- including blood-alcohol level tests.
		The company wants to be able to do random blood tests on workers to determine if they have drinking problems.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/06/15/trinidad_faces_beer_shortage (450 words)

	Storck Brewing Company
		Alcohol content of beer was dropped to 2.75 percent by December in response to the war effort as well as the prohibitionist movement.
		The beer was aged in the tanks stored among the ice cream manufacturing equipment.
		Old Age Beer was introduced as a lighter beer until the Federal government had it discontinued because they felt the label implied that a person would live to an old age by drinking the beer.
	www.americanbreweriana.org /history/storck.htm (4017 words)

	The Morning Star on the Sokowa union struggle
		Workers' rights activists in Britain have signed up to an international campaign against Grupo M, which stands accused of blocking staff from forming a trade union.
		The company had "taken a number of steps since we became aware of (the situation) in March to ensure that our terms of engagement - including freedom of association - are upheld at the factory," which produces Levi's brand jeans for sale in the US.
		Grupo M is a Dominican company that has taken over the lease of the area in Haiti, granted by the Haitian government.
	haitisupport.gn.apc.org /Gill.htm (991 words)

	Wolves TUC
		The WBC was set up by Wandsworth and Battersea Trades Union Council in the 80s, they run the beer tents and bars and organise and promote music festivals.
		The Company's unique blend of commerce, fun and fundraising has captured the imagination of the many people who have come into contact with it, and WBC banners are now a common site at some of the largest music events in the UK and beyond.
		Apart from the large events, the Company is also involved in smaller trades union and community events, offering its expertise to unions, local authorities and voluntary groups to ensure their events go smoothly.
	www.wolvestuc.org.uk /news.php?id=9 (723 words)

	Miller History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Miller became a brewery owner in an era when beer sold for about $5 per barrel in the Milwaukee area and for three to five cents a glass at the city's taverns.
		The workers ate their meals in the family house, at the top of the hill overlooking the brewery.
		Philip Morris Inc. purchased the company in 1969 and the rest of the family's stock in 1970.
	www.beerhistory.com /library/holdings/millerhistory.shtml (1484 words)

	Beer Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Our beer is brewed, stored, and shipped entirely in laundry hampers to give it that bit of authentic dormitory taste.
		Our workers are all part of the Brewers Union and we currently employ 12 hardworking people, 20 people that don't work as hard, and 15 people that don't work at all but they're union so we can't fire them for another 2 weeks.
		We will give you a promise that we will work hard to make you a quality beer and if you are not completely satisfied and can somehow find our address, we will provide you with double your money back after we interrogate you as to how you found us.
	www.pitt.edu /~sdp7/main.html (345 words)

	The Bread and Roses Pub
		Born in the 1980s, the Company grew up in the harsh years of Thatcher, building partnerships with organisations of the left, but also with commercial organisations, in order to generate the funds needed to campaign for a better quality of life for working people.
		Glastonbury Festival, Reading Festival and Homelands see WBC beer tents every year, and the Fleadh, London's premier music festival, is co-promoted by the Workers Beer Company with the Mean Fiddler organisation.
		The Bread and Roses in Clapham is the Company's first pub, an award-winning free house in Clapham, where the ethos of the Company continues throughout the year.
	www.breadandrosespub.com /page4.html (596 words)

	taybeh : Alternative Beer Company : Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The company has been set up in an effort to support the Palestinian economy (economic stability is crucial for peace) and to make this fantastic beer available to people in the UK.
		As a small independent company we need all the help and support we can get not only are in a fierce market against corporate nasties such as Budweiser and Carlsberg but we're also trying to import the most difficult beer to import in the world..
		If and when the beer does arrive at the port there is a strong chance the beer could be held for X amount of time for 'security' reasons...
	www.alternativebeer.co.uk (632 words)

	Realbeer.com: Beer News: Beer happy cattle
		The company asked if the feed business would like to get free beer which had outlived its shelf life, not for its workers but to mix in with its feed, said Jack Fisher, the feed company's owner.
		Beer is commonly used in cattle feed in Japan and Canada.
		Those are taken to feedlots where the beer is given away.
	www.realbeer.com /news/articles/news-002421.php (267 words)

	Fundraising [The Workers Beer Company] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Workers Beer Company buys franchises to run beer tents at large scale (usually music) festivals.
		The Company makes a donation to the organisation for the hours that their volunteers contribute.
		The company is for people of all backgrounds, and although many of our volunteers are young and enjoy the music and atmosphere of the festivals after they have finished their work, there are people of all ages.
	www.workersbeer.co.uk /fundraiser.html (262 words)

	Archived Beer Club Newsletter: Volume 8, Number 6
		The owner of the New Belgium Brewing Company, Jeff Lebesch, and Harbor City Brewing Company’s brewer, Jim Schueller, worked together to design all of their beers, including the two beers we are featuring this month.
		This extra space was added to accommodate 12 new fermentation vessels, 2 new beer tanks, a brand new bottling line, labeler, new cooler storage for finished product, as well as space for keg cleaning and filling, storage of packaging materials and office space for the central administrative functions of the brewery.
		Heat water and beer to boiling, add salt, dill, sugar, peppercorns, and bay leaf, stirring until the sugar and salt are dissolved.
	www.beermonthclub.com /newsletters/vol8no6.htm (1554 words)

	English Porter - Beer Advocate
		Porter is said to have been popular with transportation workers of Central London, hence the name.
		Most traditional British brewing documentation from the 1700’s state that Porter was a blend of three different styles: an old ale (stale or soured), a new ale (brown or pale ale) and a weak one (mild ale), with various combinations of blending and staleness.
		It was the first truly engineered beer, catering to the publics taste, playing a critical role in quenching the thirst of the UK’s Industrial Revolution and lending an arm in building the mega-breweries of today.
	beeradvocate.com /beer/style/101 (314 words)

	USATODAY.com - Brewery baron Peter Coors running for the Senate from Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The company exceeded the workers' demands and the union disbanded.
		He claims responsibility for getting the company, then under his uncle, Bill Coors, to agree in 1978 to end the lie-detector tests, adopt an anti-discrimination policy and institute benefits for the partners of gay employees.
		Many of the 23,000 members of the Food and Commercial Workers union in Denver are still boycotting Coors beer because of the union turmoil in the 1970s.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/state/colorado/2004-05-10-coors-profile_x.htm (964 words)

	Oligopoly Watch
		Switzerland-based Adecco, the #1 staffing company in the world, just ever grew bigger with the purchase of German-based Deutscher Industrie Service AG (DIS) in an $826 million deal.
		The company itself is the result of a 1996 merger between two Swiss firms.
		That is, that all jobs are temporary; that everyone from workers to professionals will be constantly trying out for new positions, hat in hand; that corporations won't have to deal directly with messy things like older workers, benefits, pensions, accident compensation and so on.
	www.oligopolywatch.com /2006/01/10.html (300 words)

	Workers Beer Company
		The Workers Beer Company (WBC) is a fundraising arm of the labour and trade union movement.
		The company has raised over £1,650,000 for trade unions, campaigns and community groups since it was set up in 1985.
		The Company has a history of producing events such as the Mayor of London's Respect Festival as well as supporting smaller trade union and community events such as the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival in Dorset.
	www.pcs.org.uk /templates/internal.asp?nodeid=892520 (697 words)

	CNN.com - Army deployed in beer rescue - Jan. 21, 2004
		The truck carrying the beer sank when trying to cross the frozen Irtysh river, near the Siberian city of Omsk, around 2,200 km (1,400 miles) from Moscow.
		The rescue team of six divers, 10 workers and a modified T-72 tank from the Emergencies Ministry managed to save the load after a week-long operation.
		But as they were ready to retrieve the truck, the rope tore, leaving the truck on the bottom of the river, deputy head of the Cherlak district administration Vasily Yatkovsky told Tass.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/01/21/offbeat.russia.beer (267 words)

	Andy Crouch's BeerScribe.com - Beer News
		The 200+ workers at Latrobe are desperately awaiting any news, be it large craft brewer (unlikely), larger American domestic brewer (equally unlikely), foreign brewer (possible), or some other manufacturer, such as an ethanol interest.
		While the company officially refuses comment, the source informed me that he believes all offers have been declined and that he does not expect Magic Hat to align itself with A-B. Digging for additional craft breweries that have been targeted reveals at least one new name: the Boulevard Brewing Company of Kansas City, Missouri.
		Flying under the radar of most craft beer lovers, this Midwestern craft brewery is one of the largest in the country, quietly producing 104,000 barrels in 2005 on 17-percent growth.
	www.beerscribe.com /news.html (2700 words)

	KotMF :: Beer News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Beer company executive, chief commercial pitcher and former Senate candidate Pete Coors confirmed Thursday he was cited in May for driving under the influence of alcohol after leaving a friend's wedding celebration.
		The brewers of Samuel Adams beers announced a new contest for homebrewers, with the winners receiving a trip to the Great American Beer Festival and a chance to have their recipe brewed and distributed by Samuel Adams.
		Beers from 10 different states captured the 12 awards handed out in the first Radical Beer Open, a contest born to highlight the fact that some of the most innovative beers in the world are brewed in America.
	kotmf.com /forum/mods/phpbb_fetch_all/rss.php?f=5 (1151 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the beginning of June, workers making Leviâs in northern Haiti were threatened by factory supervisors and beaten up by soldiers.
		We cannot allow this to happen and we are calling on the company to intervene immediately to ensure that the workers are reinstated.â
		We are happy to meet with the company here in the UK at any time to resolve this dispute.â
	www.leftfield.coop /News/NewsItem.aspx?ai=43 (315 words)

	1933-1969 Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company History
		In 1942 when gasoline rationing began, the Schlitz Brewery decided to resurrect the horse-drawn beer wagons, and until the end of the war in 1945 well-groomed horses with new harness, drawing freshly painted wagons were a familiar sight on the streets of Milwaukee.
		The Schlitz Company had discontinued the use of horses in 1918, after W.W.I. The wagons were not used for long hauls but for yard use and for hauling between the plant and the railroad station.
		Henry Uihlein was heir to the Schlitz Brewery/Beer Company and a 70 year resident of Lake Placid, N.Y. "Prince" was the star of many early paper Schlitz beer and malt liquor advertising campaigns and was the center piece of a couple advertising trays.
	www.chiptin.com /schlitz/history5.htm (4326 words)

	RedOrbit - Science - Iowa Bovines Enjoy Beer-Spiked Feed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		They like it so much that they hesitate to eat when their feed isn't mixed with beer, Miller said.
		Fisher said research shows that beer has vitamins, minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates and proteins, which all benefit cattle's diet.
		Fisher took Fleck Sales up on its offer and now the beer is emptied into 5-gallon buckets which are taken to feedlots where the beer is given away.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display/?id=113168 (256 words)

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