City Brewing Workers In Wisconsin Reject Contract - 07/26/06

By Jesse Russell

It isn't time to toss back a cold one just yet for employees of City Brewing Company in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The workers rejected a three-year contract offer from the company by 2-1 on Sunday. City Brewing is in the process of purchaing Pennsylvania-based Latrobe and those workers signed off on a two-year contract offer this weekend. The new contract for LaCrosse workers included changes in pension, wages and insurance. City Brewing workers are represented by the Teamsters Local 695. The union says part of the reason for the contract rejection could be do to uncertainty over the proposed Latrobe plant purchase. Their contract expired in May.