BELGIAN BEER BLOCKADE LIFTED
A blockade that threatened to strangle supplies of top Belgian beers to home
and neighboring European markets ended in late January, after management and
unions said a compromise was reached. Workers barricaded Stella Artois,
Jupiler and Hoegaarden breweries for two weeks to protest owners
Anheuser-Busch InBev's plans to cut 10% of its European workforce.
". . . the unions and management will start from scratch with meetings of the works council that will deal with problems site by site," union representative
Tangui Cornu said. The protest action began after the group announced on
Jan.7 that it planned to cut around 800 jobs in western Europe.
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