Comments on: Teamsters Rally in Support of Anheuser-Busch Workers

By: ex employee

ex employee — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:23:29 +0000

AB employees should be very,very wary of who they have just got into bed with.Interbrew,who joined up with Ambev to become Inbev assured us all that we had a bright future with them,just the same as you are being promised.Ask any Uk employee of this ghastly outfit,we’ve heard it all before.Plans will almost certainly be afoot right now to decimate the workforce and working conditions,believe me these people are ruthless.I have recently been made redundant from the export depot in the above post.The entire operation is still in full swing but is now being done by people employed by a sub contractor on shoe string wages.Inbev are so huge that the unions are unable to do anything about it,they just threaten people and offer the option to sue them,yea! like a union can take on a multi billion dollar comapany employing the best lawers around!!
Sure they may well keep US breweries open,but you can be damn sure most of the people in them will be replaced with cheap and temporary labour.Several of us who got “potted” are long time employees,they even tried to avoid paying any redundancy,and very nearly got away with it.My advice is when you are offered money to leave take it,I guarantee you,within 12 months they’ll start on YOU,GOOD LUCK,YOU’LL NEED IT!

By: R.Sole

R.Sole — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:01:31 +0000

Inbev keep promises?not likely, if its cheaper to sub contract work they will,check out Inbev Ireland(now operations transfered to a sub contrator),and there export depot in Lancashire uk(again work transfered to sub contractor),also redundacy levels at Samlesbury brewery(England),Magor brewery(Wales)and Wellpark brewery(Scotland).Inbev either try to sell staff like slaves(t.u.p.e)or enforce redundacies.When they think they can save a penny staff loyalty doesn’t matter or the effects it has on local communities.It will take a couple of years before Inbevs ways of working start to filter into the Anheuser plants but when it does jobs will be slashed and the internal site management left will be yes men who will be the puppets of off site global business stratagists(who don’t give a shit about anything except good hard cash).Teamsters be prepared to have your asses kicked,get out now while you still can make that choice yourself.

By: Richard L Walker

Richard L Walker — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:47:04 +0000

InBev? Seems like the Teamsters should have been working with Anheuser-Busch to save that company from being sold. Greed and lack of loyalty to a business has its downside and the Teamsters are about to witness that up close and personal. Sad.