Effort To Unionize Surly Brewing Company Workers Fails By A Single Vote

From CBS Minnesota:

By WCCO-TV

October 7, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Surly Brewing Company announced Wednesday that a vote among employees to unionize has failed.

Workers announced their intent to organize via Unite Here Local 17 in late August out of health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A couple days later, Surly announced it would close its popular beer hall indefinitely starting Nov. 2, leading to accusations of union busting.

The company and Unite Here settled on election terms in late September, and the union dropped its charge of unfair labor practices.

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