Beer distribution strike hits NYC businesses

Beer distribution strike hits NYC businesses

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Workers at Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors hit the picket lines this week demanding better pay, benefits, and work conditions.  Thousands of local bars, restaurants, supermarkets, and bodegas are now bracing for disruptions in their beer deliveries, including at Katch Astoria in Queens. More Local News Roseann McSorely owns Katch and worries about how the strike could impact her business. “I have no beer,” said M…

Happy hour may not be so happy soon

(New York, NY) — It may be harder to belly up to a bar and get a beer thanks to a beer delivery workers strike in New York. Around 600 workers with Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors hit the picket line Tuesday over what they call unfair labor practices regarding their pension fund. Their union is also calling for more workers on trucks and improved working conditions. Manhattan Beer is the exclusive distributor of beer like Corona, Modelo, …

NYC beer deliveries affected as workers for distributors go on strike

Hundreds of unionized workers going on strike over what they describe as unfair labor practices is impacting beer deliveries at local bars, restaurants and supermarkets throughout NYC, Long Island and Westchester.

Hundreds of NYC beer delivery workers go on strike

By Tony Aiello, Jesse Zanger Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Trouble is brewing for beer drinkers in New York City and its suburbs. Some 600 beer delivery workers went on strike Tuesday in a dispute with a major beer distributor serving New York City and the surrounding area. Employees with the Laundry, Distribution, and Food Service Joint Board Workers United/SEIU, or LDFS Union, began their strike at four of five Man…

Trouble brewing: Why beer delivery drivers in NYC have walked off the job

Beer delivery drivers in the Bronx, Queens and upstate New York went on strike Tuesday in a labor impasse that could leave New Yorkers thirsty.

Thousands of NYC bars, restaurants brace for potential impact of beer worker strike

Unionized beer delivery and distribution workers went on strike Tuesday morning after the union and Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors failed to reach a new contract covering 600 employees. The strike over alleged unfair labor practices, which impacts four of the company’s five facilities, could impact thousands of bars and restaurants around New York and NYC. After walking off the job at midnight, picket lines were seen in the Bronx, Queens…