Coors strike and boycott: Difference between revisions

1154:, Coors demanded a vote amongst brewery workers on whether the brewery would remain a ].{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} In a vote held that December, the union shop was kept, with 92 percent voting in favor.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} On March 1 of the following year, the labor contract between Coors and the local expired, and ensuing negotiations on a new contract were bogged down by disagreements between the two.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} The disagreements were not related to pay but instead concerned the company's grounds for dismissal and their use of polygraph testing for applicants.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} Additionally, the company had wanted to change policies regarding seniority rights, which the union opposed.{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} On April 5, 1977,{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1978}} approximately 1,500{{refn|group=note|One source gives this number as approximately 1,400.{{sfn|Crisman|1978}} A 1988 article in '']'' gives a specific number of 1,472.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}}}} union members began a strike action against the company with a mass ].{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} However, the next day, the company sent letters to the striking employees saying that they would hire ]s if necessary and that, if the striking worker were replaced, they ran the risk of losing their position within the company.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=81}} On April 12, the AFL–CIO announced a national boycott of Coors in support of Local 366.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=80}} Around this time, then-company president Jeff Coors, in speaking to the '']'',{{sfn| 1542:

AFL–CIO union tasked with organization at the Golden plant. In September 1988, it was reported that the Teamsters and Coors disagreed on whether a union vote would include only brewery workers (favored by the Teamsters) or an additional 2,000 container workers who were less favorable to unions (favored by Coors). The dispute was at the time being settled by the NLRB.{{sfn|Stumbo|1988}} Ultimately, only the brewery workers participated in the union vote.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}}{{refn|group=note|Sources differ on the number of brewery workers at the plant at the time of the vote, with sources claiming 1,500,{{sfn|Kelleher|Reid|1988}} 1,600,{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}} and 1,700.{{sfn|Stumbo|1988}}}} On December 15, 1988, workers at the Golden plant voted against unionizing with the Teamsters.{{sfn|Kelleher|Reid|1988}}{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}} The vote came after 18 months of campaigning, with the final vote being 1,081 against to 413 in favor of unionizing.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}} Among the issues presented during the campaign, the Teamsters cited increased wages and pension plans with Teamsters members at Anheuser-Busch as examples of what could happen with a union at Coors. However, Coors rebutted that Anheuser-Busch was larger than Coors and could therefore afford the larger pay and benefits.{{sfn|Kelleher|Reid|1988}}{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}}

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approved.{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} Additionally, the AFL–CIO and the company claimed that the agreement would make it easier for worker organization efforts at Coors facilities,{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1987}} However, any union vote would be overseen by a third party such as the ] rather than the ] (NLRB).{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} Shortly after the agreement, the ] (IAM) announced their intent to start organizing drives at both the Elkton and Golden facilities, while the ] (IUOE) and the ] (UAW) also expressed interest in organizing Coors workers. An AFL–CIO representative at the time of the announcement claimed that it was "arguably the biggest victory in my time at the federation, and that covers 18 years",{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1987}} while AFL–CIO president ] called the boycott "a complete success, a resounding success"{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} and commented on the "more positive approach taken by (the new) management" at Coors.{{sfn|Stumbo|1988}} However, some union members criticized the agreement, as Coors did not guarantee a union contract.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} At the time, union membership in the United States had been on the decline, with activist and writer ] stating, "Organized labor has been in such desperate straits that the Coors settlement has been perceived as a victory – even though the workers at Coors are still without a union."{{sfn|Tasini|1988}}

1467:.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1987}} Among the concessions, the company agreed to use union workers in the construction of their new facility in ].{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1987}} This had been a point of contention that prevented the February agreement from being approved.{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} Additionally, the AFL–CIO and the company claimed that the agreement would make it easier for worker organization efforts at Coors facilities,{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1987}} However, any union vote would be overseen by a third party such as the ] rather than the ] (NLRB).{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} Shortly after the agreement, the ] (IAM) announced their intent to start organizing drives at both the Elkton and Golden facilities, while the ] (IUOE) and the ] (UAW) also expressed interest in organizing Coors workers. An AFL–CIO representative at the time of the announcement claimed that it was "arguably the biggest victory in my time at the federation, and that covers 18 years",{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1987}} while AFL–CIO president ] called the boycott "a complete success, a resounding success"{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} and commented on the "more positive approach taken by (the new) management" at Coors.{{sfn|Stumbo|1988}} However, some union members criticized the agreement, as Coors did not guarantee 1338:

boycott.{{sfn|Ivins|1979}} Additionally, in the following years, protestors began targeting the ], a Colorado-based ] sponsored by Coors.{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} Around 1984, the ] (a non-AFL–CIO union with approximately 2 million members at the time,{{sfn|McDevitt|2015}} making it the largest labor union in the United States{{sfn|Tasini|1988}}) voted to support the boycott.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} That same year, the ] also launched a boycott due in part to Joseph Coors' opposition to the ],{{sfn|Richter|1987}} and with Coors' expansion into ], students at the ] voted to ban the beer from the college.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} Around this time, however, Coors began reaching out to groups that had threatened to boycott. In October 1987, the company signed a $ 325 million agreement with a coalition consisting of the ] and ], two African American activist organizations. An additional $ 300 million agreement was made with the Hispanic group ], with the company agreeing to do more business with minority businesses and contractors and hire more minority workers, among other things. As a result of the agreements, the NAACP ended their threats to boycott Coors.{{sfn|Peterson|1984}} The agreements also helped the company's relationship with groups including the ] and the ].{{sfn|Richter|1987}}

1027:].{{sfn|Gold|1999|p=91}} Around this time, president Allan Baird of ] Local 921, which had organized Coors ] workers in ], worked with activist Howard Wallace (an openly gay ] and Teamsters member{{sfn|Kelly|2019}}) to organize a largescale boycott in the ],{{sfn|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}} leading to numerous ]s refusing to carry Coors products.{{sfn|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}}{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} ] ] was also involved in the boycott and brought it to the attention of ],{{sfn|McDevitt|2015}} a noted gay activist and politician, who met with Baird in 1973 and helped coordinate the boycott, strengthening the alliance between the traditionally conservative Teamsters union and the area's gay community.{{sfn|Shilts|1982|pp=82–83}} Through Milk, the boycott spread throughout the ], the city's ].{{sfn|Gold|1999|p=91}} Milk also encouraged the Teamsters to hire openly gay people and to oppose the ], a ] ] that would have banned LGBT teachers from employment.{{sfn|Kelly|2019}} Activist ] was also involved, and he later claimed that the Bay Area boycott was the first 1015:].{{sfn|Gold|1999|p=91}} Around this time, president Allan Baird of ] Local 921, which had organized Coors ] workers in ], worked with activist Howard Wallace (an openly gay ] and Teamsters member{{sfn|Kelly|2019}}) to organize a largescale boycott in the ],{{sfn|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}} leading to numerous ]s refusing to carry Coors products.{{sfn|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}}{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} ] ] was also involved in the boycott and brought it to the attention of ],{{sfn|McDevitt|2015}} a noted gay activist and politician, who met with Baird in 1973 and helped coordinate the boycott, strengthening the alliance between the traditionally conservative Teamsters union and the area's gay community.{{sfn|Shilts|1982|pp=82–83}} Through Milk, the boycott spread throughout the ], the city's ].{{sfn|Gold|1999|p=91}} Milk also encouraged the Teamsters to hire openly gay people and to oppose the ], a ] ] that would have banned LGBT teachers from employment.{{sfn|Kelly|2019}} Activist ] was also involved, and he later claimed that the Bay Area boycott was the first 4307:

plant. In late 1987, the Teamsters became an AFL–CIO affiliate. Following this, the Teamsters were the AFL–CIO union tasked with the organization at the Golden plant. In September 1988, it was reported that the Teamsters and Coors disagreed on whether a union vote would include only brewery workers (favored by the Teamsters), or an additional 2,000 container workers who were less favorable to unions (favored by Coors). The dispute was at the time being settled by the NLRB. Ultimately, only the brewery workers participated in the union vote. On December 15, 1988, workers at the Golden plant voted against unionizing with the Teamsters. The vote came after 18 months of campaigning, with the final vote being 1,081 against to 413 in favor of unionizing. Among the issues presented during the campaign, the Teamsters cited increased wages and pension plans with Teamsters members at Anheuser-Busch as examples of what could happen with a union at Coors. However, Coors rebutted that Anheuser-Busch was larger than Coors and could therefore afford the larger pay and benefits.

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1401:.{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1986}} By 1987, Coors had expanded its market to include 47 states, and it was the only brewery among the top 15 in the nation that was not unionized.{{sfn|Prial|1987}} In February of that year, during a speech given by William Coors at the ] in ], approximately 200 ] students ] the executive and his company.{{sfn|Grossman|1987}} That same month, Coors expanded their market to include ] and ], with the AFL–CIO organizing a regional boycott. However, at the time, the non-AFL–CIO affiliated Teamsters were not part of the boycott, instead focusing on organizing the workers at a Coors brewery in ].{{sfn|Prial|1987}} In March, a scuffle broke out at the ] in ] between union members and Coors wholesalers during an event held by company representatives who were publicizing Coors' expansion into the state.{{sfn|Richter|1987}} 1574:

the plant at the time of the vote, with sources claiming 1,500,{{sfn|Kelleher|Reid|1988}} 1,600,{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}} and 1,700.{{sfn|Stumbo|1988}}}} On December 15, 1988, workers at the Golden plant voted against unionizing with the Teamsters.{{sfn|Kelleher|Reid|1988}}{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}} The vote came after 18 months of campaigning, with the final vote being 1,081 against to 413 in favor of unionizing.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}} Among the issues presented during the campaign, the Teamsters cited increased wages and pension plans with Teamsters members at Anheuser-Busch as examples of what could happen with a union at Coors. However, Coors rebutted that Anheuser-Busch was larger than Coors and could therefore afford the larger pay and benefits.{{sfn|Kelleher|Reid|1988}}{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}}

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the application (specifically regarding "subversive, revolutionary or communist activities"),{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} and a question that read, "Is there anything in your personal life that might tend to discredit or embarrass this company if it were known?"{{sfn|Wins|1978}} Multiple sources also reported that applicants were asked about their ].{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=80}}{{sfn|Hsiao|1998}}{{sfn|McDevitt|2015}} While critics of the testing alleged that the company used the information collected to prevent people from being hired based on political affiliations or sexuality, the company denied this.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=80}} According to William Coors, approximately 45 percent of applicants failed the polygraph testing, primarily with regards to questions over drug use.{{sfn|Richter|1987}}

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harvested by non-union farmers to markets.{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} In 1969, 43 students at ] protested Coors by blocking people at a local pub from ordering Coors beer. 15 of the students were arrested, and the college later filed a ] against the protestors. The same year, the boycott grew nationwide, with the national chapter of the American GI Forum instituting a boycott against Coors. This action was supported by several other national organizations representing Hispanics and Mexican Americans,{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} including the ] and the ].{{sfn|Jimenez|1976}} Representatives from the American GI Forum had several meetings with William Coors during this time to address the issues they were protesting, but the discussions proved fruitless.{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}}

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Times''|1978}} approximately 1,500{{refn|group=note|One source gives this number as approximately 1,400.{{sfn|Crisman|1978}} A 1988 article in '']'' gives a specific number of 1,472.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}}}} union members began a strike action against the company with a mass ].{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} However, the next day, the company sent letters to the striking employees saying that they would hire ]s if necessary and that, if the striking worker were replaced, they ran the risk of losing their position within the company.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=81}} On April 12, the AFL–CIO announced a national boycott of Coors in support of Local 366.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=80}} Around this time, then-company president Jeff Coors, in speaking to the '']'',{{sfn|

3606: 1260:, Coors began pushing for the union shop rule at the brewery to be revoked, which was strongly opposed by the strikers. According to a company official, Coors "didn't believe non-strikers should be forced to join the union or that people should be forced to pay union dues to support the boycott".{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} Within several weeks from the start of the strike, hundreds of strikebreakers had been hired and many strikers had returned to work.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=81}} Soon, the main issues of the strike concerned keeping the union shop rule and pushing for the rehiring of strikers. By early 1978, Coors was seeking a vote on whether to ], and, after agreeing to pay $ 254,000 in back pay, the 684:

sales. Its product was notable at the time for being one of the few beers created in the United States not to be ], which required the beer to be constantly refrigerated to prevent ].{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}}{{sfn|Jimenez|1976}} The company was also notable for only selling its products in 11 states in the ], as opposed to the national distribution of its main competitors: ], the ], and the ].{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} This limited market area led to considerable ] of the product to the ].{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} ] activities at the brewery began in the 1930s,{{refn|group=note|A 1978 report by the ] claimed that the company had had a union presence for 42 years at that time,

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3807: 4086:. In a vote held that December, the union shop was kept, with 92 percent voting in favor. On March 1 of the following year, the labor contract between Coors and the local expired, and ensuing negotiations on a new contract were bogged down by disagreements between the two. The disagreements were not related to pay but instead concerned the company's grounds for dismissal and their use of polygraph testing for applicants. Additionally, the company had wanted to change policies regarding seniority rights, which the union opposed. On April 5, 1977, approximately 1,500 union members began a strike action against the company with a mass 2367:* {{Cite news|last=Lichtenstein|first=Grace|date=December 28, 1975|title=Sold only in the West, Coors beer is smuggled to the East. Henry Kissinger drinks it. So does Paul Newman, though he would abhor the Coors family's politics.|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/28/archives/article-4-no-title-sold-only-in-the-west-coors-beer-is-smuggled-to.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015827/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/28/archives/article-4-no-title-sold-only-in-the-west-coors-beer-is-smuggled-to.html|archive-date=November 12, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} 776:

early 1970s, Joseph served as a member of the ], during which time he took a hardline stance against ].{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} He also opposed the creation of a chapter of the United Mexican American Students on campus, as well as the creation of ] regarding ].{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} Contemporary regents, from both the ] and ] Parties, criticized Coors' actions as regent. In 1974, he was nominated by ] ] to the ] for the ]. However, his nomination was later killed by the ], which expressed concerns over potential ] after it was revealed that he had donated money to the ].{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} Joseph later

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community.{{sfn|Hsiao|1998}} At the time, Coors was trying to make inroads into the LGBT community by increasing advertisements targeting the community (several of which highlighted the fact that the company offered ] to workers{{sfn|Mirken|2001}}) and donating to events such as ]s. However, individuals within the community criticized the company's past and the Coors family's continued support for right-wing politics.{{sfn|Hsiao|1998}}{{sfn|Mirken|2001}} As a representative for ] stated in that ''Village Voice'' article, "The change in employee practices is important. But meanwhile

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total employees at Coors, with only 27 of the 1,330 employees in 1968 being Mexican Americans (approximately 2 percent of Coors' total workforce). Additionally, many of the jobs held by Hispanic employees at Coors were menial labor positions.{{sfn|Jimenez|1976}} Women also constituted a very small portion of Coors' workforce, with only 56 women (44 of whom were ]) working for the company in 1967.{{sfn|Brantley|2021a}} In August 1970, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission found the company guilty of firing a worker due to his race.{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} The commission

3346: 2136:* {{Cite news|last=Dewar|first=Helen|author-link=Helen Dewar|date=January 22, 1979|title=Coors Flattens Brewery Workers Union, Battles Boycott|work=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/01/22/coors-flattens-brewery-workers-union-battles-boycott/ad008649-2393-4e3a-bd21-597d332158e2/|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604125720/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/01/22/coors-flattens-brewery-workers-union-battles-boycott/ad008649-2393-4e3a-bd21-597d332158e2/|archive-date=June 4, 2021}} 2689:* {{Cite journal|date=March 20, 1978|title=Coors Boycott Coordinator Expresses Appreciation|url=https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DebbieMillerArchive/UFW%20Presidents%20Newsletter%201978/March%2020,%201978.pdf|journal=President's Newsletter|publisher=]|volume=1|issue=20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318002643/https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DebbieMillerArchive/UFW%20Presidents%20Newsletter%201978/March%2020,%201978.pdf|archive-date=March 18, 2015|ref={{harvid|President's Newsletter|1978}}}} 2682:* {{Cite journal|date=March 20, 1978|title=Coors Boycott Coordinator Expresses Appreciation|url=https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DebbieMillerArchive/UFW%20Presidents%20Newsletter%201978/March%2020,%201978.pdf|journal=President's Newsletter|publisher=]|volume=1|issue=20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318002643/https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DebbieMillerArchive/UFW%20Presidents%20Newsletter%201978/March%2020,%201978.pdf|archive-date=March 18, 2015|ref={{harvid|President's Newsletter|1978}}}} 1385:

students ] the executive and his company.{{sfn|Grossman|1987}} That same month, Coors expanded their market to include ] and ], with the AFL–CIO organizing a regional boycott. However, at the time, the non-AFL–CIO affiliated Teamsters were not part of the boycott, instead focusing on organizing the workers at a Coors brewery in ].{{sfn|Prial|1987}} In March, a scuffle broke out at the ] in ] between union members and Coors wholesalers during an event held by company representatives who were publicizing Coors' expansion into the state.{{sfn|Richter|1987}}

2219:* {{Cite news|last=Ivins|first=Molly|author-link=Molly Ivins|date=May 28, 1979|title=Union at Coors May Be Broken But It Hasn't Halted Its Boycott|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/union-at-coors-may-be-broken-but-it-hasnt-halted-its-boycott-end-of.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820221759/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/union-at-coors-may-be-broken-but-it-hasnt-halted-its-boycott-end-of.html?login=email|archive-date=August 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} 2226:* {{Cite news|last=Ivins|first=Molly|author-link=Molly Ivins|date=May 28, 1979|title=Union at Coors May Be Broken But It Hasn't Halted Its Boycott|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/union-at-coors-may-be-broken-but-it-hasnt-halted-its-boycott-end-of.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820221759/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/union-at-coors-may-be-broken-but-it-hasnt-halted-its-boycott-end-of.html?login=email|archive-date=August 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} 1612:

Colorado, there was a similar drop from 47 percent in 1977 to 24 percent in 1984.{{sfn|Richter|1987}} In 1987 the ''Los Angeles Times'' claimed that "Coors officers have conceded that the boycott, which was joined over the years by various special-interest groups opposed to the outspoken political conservatism of Coors family patriarch Joseph Coors, had damaged its main market areas in the West and its drive for nationwide sales".{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} However, these numbers and the impact the boycott had on the decline

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boycott, Pete Coors stated that "the '70s and early '80s were not a stellar time for the company".{{sfn|Brantley|2021a}} The decrease in market share in Coors' limited market area may have contributed to the company's decision to expand nationwide, with the company having a presence in every state except ] by 1988.{{sfn|Richter|1987}} This is compared to the company's stance in 1975 when a company representative claimed there were no plans at the time to expand to the eastern United States.{{Sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}}

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December 13 to 14,{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} while a 1991 book by ] gives the vote dates as December 14 and 15.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=81}} The ] reported on the "nofficial returns" in the voting tally as happening on the night of December 14.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1978}}}} only 500 of the initial 1,500 strikers were still on strike.{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} The ] reported on December 14 that workers had voted 993 to 408 to decertify Brewery Workers Local 366, bringing an end to the strike.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1978}}

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2802:* {{Cite news|date=December 15, 1978|title=Around the Nation|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|agency=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/around-the-nation-workers-at-coors-brewery-vote-to-eject-striking.html|access-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307075156/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/around-the-nation-workers-at-coors-brewery-vote-to-eject-striking.html|archive-date=March 7, 2018|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1978}}}} 3742:. Specifically, they cited the fact that Hispanic workers constituted only a small fraction of the total employees at Coors, with only 27 of the 1,330 employees in 1968 being Mexican Americans (approximately 2 percent of Coors' total workforce, compared to 15-20% of the population statewide). Additionally, many of the jobs held by Hispanic employees at Coors were menial labor positions. Women also constituted a very small portion of Coors' workforce, with only 56 women (44 of whom were 2809:* {{Cite news|date=December 15, 1978|title=Around the Nation|language=en-US|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/around-the-nation-workers-at-coors-brewery-vote-to-eject-striking.html|access-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307075156/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/15/archives/around-the-nation-workers-at-coors-brewery-vote-to-eject-striking.html|archive-date=March 7, 2018|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1978}}}} 2698:* {{Cite news|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|author-link=Frank J. Prial|date=March 9, 1987|title=Union Boycott of Coors Extended to New York|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/09/nyregion/union-boycott-of-coors-extended-to-new-york.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103221514/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/09/nyregion/union-boycott-of-coors-extended-to-new-york.html|archive-date=November 3, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} 2818:* {{Cite news|date=April 2, 1983|title=Coors Tries to Conquer Southeast Beer Market|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/business/coors-tries-to-conquer-southeast-beer-market.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214053458/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/business/coors-tries-to-conquer-southeast-beer-market.html|archive-date=February 14, 2018|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1983}}}} 2705:* {{Cite news|last=Prial|first=Frank J.|author-link=Frank J. Prial|date=March 9, 1987|title=Union Boycott of Coors Extended to New York|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/09/nyregion/union-boycott-of-coors-extended-to-new-york.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103221514/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/09/nyregion/union-boycott-of-coors-extended-to-new-york.html|archive-date=November 3, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} 2825:* {{Cite news|date=April 2, 1983|title=Coors Tries to Conquer Southeast Beer Market|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/business/coors-tries-to-conquer-southeast-beer-market.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214053458/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/02/business/coors-tries-to-conquer-southeast-beer-market.html|archive-date=February 14, 2018|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1983}}}} 3455:. The company initiated a vote the following year over whether the local union would be dissolved, with a majority of workers voting to dissolve Brewery Workers Local 366. Despite this, the AFL–CIO continued their boycott. By the 1980s, Coors began making deals with several minority groups to do more business with minority companies and hire more minority workers. Despite this, the boycott continued and expanded to include numerous other groups, such as the 2834:* {{Cite news|date=August 20, 1987|title=A.F.L.-C.I.O. Agrees to End Boycott of Coors|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|agency=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/20/us/afl-cio-agrees-to-end-boycott-of-coors.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104222121/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/20/us/afl-cio-agrees-to-end-boycott-of-coors.html|archive-date=November 4, 2017|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1987}}}} 2673:* {{Cite news|last=Peterson|first=Iver|date=December 2, 1984|title=Making Big Business a Threat it Can't Refuse|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/02/weekinreview/making-big-business-a-threat-it-can-t-refuse.html|access-date=June 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130085456/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/02/weekinreview/making-big-business-a-threat-it-can-t-refuse.html|archive-date=January 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331}} 2430:

counter-offensive against the right|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/the-coors-boycott-the-lgbt-movement-and-the-peoples-counter-offensive-against-the-right/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122154300/https://www.liberationnews.org/the-coors-boycott-the-lgbt-movement-and-the-peoples-counter-offensive-against-the-right/|archive-date=January 22, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=Liberation News|publisher=]|language=en-US}}

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2210:* {{Cite web|date=June 2, 2017|title=Teamsters Pride At Work: A Look Back At The Coors Boycott|url=https://teamster.org/2017/06/teamsters-pride-work-look-back-coors-boycott/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128012342/https://teamster.org/2017/06/teamsters-pride-work-look-back-coors-boycott/|archive-date=January 28, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en|ref={{harvid|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}}}} 2203:* {{Cite web|date=June 2, 2017|title=Teamsters Pride At Work: A Look Back At The Coors Boycott|url=https://teamster.org/2017/06/teamsters-pride-work-look-back-coors-boycott/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128012342/https://teamster.org/2017/06/teamsters-pride-work-look-back-coors-boycott/|archive-date=January 28, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en|ref={{harvid|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}}}} 1861:=B. Erin|last2=Brantley|first2=Allyson|date=October 3, 2014|title=The Coors Boycott: When A Beer Can Signaled Your Politics|url=https://www.cpr.org/2014/10/03/the-coors-boycott-when-a-beer-can-signaled-your-politics/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320145306/https://www.cpr.org/2014/10/03/the-coors-boycott-when-a-beer-can-signaled-your-politics/|archive-date=March 20, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en}} 1846:=B. Erin|last2=Brantley|first2=Allyson|date=October 3, 2014|title=The Coors Boycott: When A Beer Can Signaled Your Politics|url=https://www.cpr.org/2014/10/03/the-coors-boycott-when-a-beer-can-signaled-your-politics/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320145306/https://www.cpr.org/2014/10/03/the-coors-boycott-when-a-beer-can-signaled-your-politics/|archive-date=March 20, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en}} 2274:* {{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Cleve|author-link=Cleve Jones|date=March 15, 2009|title=What Would Harvey Milk Say About President Clinton's Speech at the Manchester Hyatt?|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-would-harvey-milk-sa_b_166489|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606031023/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-would-harvey-milk-sa_b_166489|archive-date=June 6, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=]|language=en}} 2267:* {{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Cleve|author-link=Cleve Jones|date=March 15, 2009|title=What Would Harvey Milk Say About President Clinton's Speech at the Manchester Hyatt?|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-would-harvey-milk-sa_b_166489|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606031023/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-would-harvey-milk-sa_b_166489|archive-date=June 6, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=]|language=en}} 2351:* {{Cite news|last=Knudson|first=Thomas J.|author-link=Tom Knudson|date=September 7, 1987|title=Labor Truce Welcomed at Coors Base|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/07/us/labor-truce-welcomed-at-coors-base.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105182745/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/07/us/labor-truce-welcomed-at-coors-base.html|archive-date=November 5, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} 2342:* {{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Kim|date=June 7, 2019|title=How LGBTQ Union Activists Transformed the Labor Movement|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-union-activists-transformed-the-labor-movement|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321031131/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-union-activists-transformed-the-labor-movement|archive-date=March 21, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|publisher=]|language=en-US}} 2335:* {{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Kim|date=June 7, 2019|title=How LGBTQ Union Activists Transformed the Labor Movement|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-union-activists-transformed-the-labor-movement|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321031131/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-union-activists-transformed-the-labor-movement|archive-date=March 21, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|publisher=]|language=en-US}} 2841:* {{Cite news|date=August 20, 1987|title=A.F.L.-C.I.O. Agrees to End Boycott of Coors|language=en-US|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/20/us/afl-cio-agrees-to-end-boycott-of-coors.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104222121/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/20/us/afl-cio-agrees-to-end-boycott-of-coors.html|archive-date=November 4, 2017|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1987}}}} 875:). Additionally, many of the jobs held by Hispanic employees at Coors were menial labor positions.{{sfn|Jimenez|1976}} Women also constituted a very small portion of Coors' workforce, with only 56 women (44 of whom were ]) working for the company in 1967.{{sfn|Brantley|2021a}} In August 1970, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission found the company guilty of firing a worker due to his race.{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} The commission ultimately 4079:

anything "which would discourage any person from drinking Coors beer" and "making disparaging remarks about the employer". While the union's president claimed that the labor contract was "pretty lousy", he admitted that the pay and benefits offered by the company were better than most in the industry, and that "s long as they're getting a high wage rate and aren't faced with disciplinary action, their contract doesn't mean much to them".

2358:* {{Cite news|last=Knudson|first=Thomas J.|author-link=Tom Knudson|date=September 7, 1987|title=Labor Truce Welcomed at Coors Base|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/07/us/labor-truce-welcomed-at-coors-base.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105182745/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/07/us/labor-truce-welcomed-at-coors-base.html|archive-date=November 5, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} 2850:* {{Cite news|date=December 17, 1988|title=Coors Workers Reject Teamsters|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|agency=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/17/us/coors-workers-reject-teamsters.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130100027/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/17/us/coors-workers-reject-teamsters.html|archive-date=January 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1988}}}} 2406:* {{Cite news|date=August 19, 1987|title=10-Year Coors Boycott Ends as Unions Win Concessions : Firm OKs Voting at Colo. Plant|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-19-mn-843-story.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409060230/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-19-mn-843-story.html|archive-date=April 9, 2021|ref={{harvid|Los Angeles Times|1987}}}} 2399:* {{Cite news|date=August 19, 1987|title=10-Year Coors Boycott Ends as Unions Win Concessions : Firm OKs Voting at Colo. Plant|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-19-mn-843-story.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409060230/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-19-mn-843-story.html|archive-date=April 9, 2021|ref={{harvid|Los Angeles Times|1987}}}} 2786:* {{Cite news|last=Tasini|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Tasini|date=January 31, 1988|title=The Beer and The Boycott|language=en-US|work=]|publisher=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/31/magazine/the-beer-and-the-boycott.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512233542/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/31/magazine/the-beer-and-the-boycott.html|archive-date=May 12, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} 1877:* {{Cite web|last=Crisman|first=Robert|date=Winter 1978|title=Coors: Joseph Coors has met the enemy|url=https://socialism.com/fs-article/coors-joseph-coors-has-met-the-enemy/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211142920/https://socialism.com/fs-article/coors-joseph-coors-has-met-the-enemy/|archive-date=February 11, 2020|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=Freedom Socialist|publisher=]|language=en-US}} 1870:* {{Cite web|last=Crisman|first=Robert|date=Winter 1978|title=Coors: Joseph Coors has met the enemy|url=https://socialism.com/fs-article/coors-joseph-coors-has-met-the-enemy/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211142920/https://socialism.com/fs-article/coors-joseph-coors-has-met-the-enemy/|archive-date=February 11, 2020|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=Freedom Socialist|publisher=]|language=en-US}} 3474:. Additionally, the boycott may have encouraged the company to expand nationally, as the company expanded its presence from 11 states in 1975 to 49 states by 1988. In the LGBT community, the boycott left a lasting impact, as several groups and activists still object to Coors over the company's past actions and the family's continued support of conservative politics. As late as 2019, Coors beer was difficult to find in any 2857:* {{Cite news|date=December 17, 1988|title=Coors Workers Reject Teamsters|language=en-US|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/17/us/coors-workers-reject-teamsters.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130100027/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/17/us/coors-workers-reject-teamsters.html|archive-date=January 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331|ref={{harvid|The New York Times|1988}}}} 68: 2721:* {{Cite web|last=Richter|first=Paul|date=September 27, 1987|title=Coors' New Brew: Taking Out the Political Aftertaste|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-27-fi-10356-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125203810/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-27-fi-10356-story.html|archive-date=November 25, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2714:* {{Cite web|last=Richter|first=Paul|date=September 27, 1987|title=Coors' New Brew: Taking Out the Political Aftertaste|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-27-fi-10356-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125203810/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-27-fi-10356-story.html|archive-date=November 25, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2793:* {{Cite news|last=Tasini|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Tasini|date=January 31, 1988|title=The Beer and The Boycott|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/31/magazine/the-beer-and-the-boycott.html|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512233542/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/31/magazine/the-beer-and-the-boycott.html|archive-date=May 12, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} 1757:* {{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2015|title=Public messaging vs. internal practices|url=https://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/public-messaging-vs-internal-practices/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314181036/https://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/public-messaging-vs-internal-practices/|archive-date=March 14, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 1750:* {{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2015|title=Public messaging vs. internal practices|url=https://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/public-messaging-vs-internal-practices/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314181036/https://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/public-messaging-vs-internal-practices/|archive-date=March 14, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2870:

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2777:* {{Cite web|last=Stumbo|first=Bella|date=September 18, 1988|title=Brewing Controversy : Coors Clan: Doing It Their Way|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-18-mn-3400-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406020830/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-18-mn-3400-story.html|archive-date=April 6, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2770:* {{Cite web|last=Stumbo|first=Bella|date=September 18, 1988|title=Brewing Controversy : Coors Clan: Doing It Their Way|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-18-mn-3400-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406020830/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-18-mn-3400-story.html|archive-date=April 6, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2258:* {{Cite web|last=Johnston|first=Oswald|date=August 20, 1987|title=AFL-CIO Ends 10-Year Boycott of Coors Beer|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-20-mn-3659-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605194912/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-20-mn-3659-story.html|archive-date=June 5, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2251:* {{Cite web|last=Johnston|first=Oswald|date=August 20, 1987|title=AFL-CIO Ends 10-Year Boycott of Coors Beer|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-20-mn-3659-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605194912/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-20-mn-3659-story.html|archive-date=June 5, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2881:

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2390:* {{Cite news|date=August 29, 1986|title=Coors to Stop Using Lie Detectors|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-29-mn-14611-story.html|access-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014256/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-29-mn-14611-story.html|archive-date=November 12, 2020|ref={{harvid|Los Angeles Times|1986}}}} 2383:* {{Cite news|date=August 29, 1986|title=Coors to Stop Using Lie Detectors|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-29-mn-14611-story.html|access-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014256/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-29-mn-14611-story.html|archive-date=November 12, 2020|ref={{harvid|Los Angeles Times|1986}}}} 2194:* {{Cite web|last=Hurt III|first=Harry|author-link=Harry Hurt III|date=March 1976|title=Muscling In On Texas Beer|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/muscling-in-on-texas-beer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605211701/https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/muscling-in-on-texas-beer/|archive-date=June 5, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en}} 2187:* {{Cite web|last=Hurt III|first=Harry|author-link=Harry Hurt III|date=March 1976|title=Muscling In On Texas Beer|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/muscling-in-on-texas-beer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605211701/https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/muscling-in-on-texas-beer/|archive-date=June 5, 2021|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=]|language=en}} 1617:

3838:, personal debts the individual owed, political affiliations of the application (specifically regarding "subversive, revolutionary or communist activities"), and a question that read, "Is there anything in your personal life that might tend to discredit or embarrass this company if it were known?" Multiple sources also reported that applicants were asked about their 2170:* {{Cite web|last=Grossman|first=Evan O.|date=March 5, 1987|title=Is Coors the One?|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/3/5/is-coors-the-one-pbtbhe-most/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623100318/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/3/5/is-coors-the-one-pbtbhe-most/|archive-date=June 23, 2014|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]}} 2163:* {{Cite web|last=Grossman|first=Evan O.|date=March 5, 1987|title=Is Coors the One?|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/3/5/is-coors-the-one-pbtbhe-most/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623100318/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/3/5/is-coors-the-one-pbtbhe-most/|archive-date=June 23, 2014|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]}} 2446:* {{Cite web|last=Mirken|first=Bruce|date=July 13, 2001|title=Coors Courts Gays|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/07/coors-courts-gays/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205125649/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/07/coors-courts-gays/|archive-date=December 5, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2439:* {{Cite web|last=Mirken|first=Bruce|date=July 13, 2001|title=Coors Courts Gays|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/07/coors-courts-gays/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205125649/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/07/coors-courts-gays/|archive-date=December 5, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]|language=en-US}} 2737:* {{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Michael|date=June 27, 2002|title=A Brewing Disagreement|url=https://www.westword.com/news/a-brewing-disagreement-5070883|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001453/https://www.westword.com/news/a-brewing-disagreement-5070883|archive-date=December 1, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]}} 2730:* {{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Michael|date=June 27, 2002|title=A Brewing Disagreement|url=https://www.westword.com/news/a-brewing-disagreement-5070883|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001453/https://www.westword.com/news/a-brewing-disagreement-5070883|archive-date=December 1, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=]}} 3380:, United States. Initially local, the boycott started in the late 1960s and continued through the 1970s, coinciding with a labor strike at the company's brewery in 1977. The strike ended the following year in failure for the union, which Coors forced to dissolve. The boycott, however, lasted until the mid-1980s, when it was more or less ended. 3842:. While critics of the testing alleged that the company used the information collected to prevent people from being hired based on political affiliations or sexuality, the company denied this. According to William Coors, approximately 45 percent of applicants failed the polygraph testing, primarily with regards to questions over drug use. 4105:

dues to support the boycott". Within several weeks from the start of the strike, hundreds of strikebreakers had been hired, and many strikers had returned to work. Soon, the main issues of the strike concerned keeping the union shop rule and pushing for the rehiring of strikers. By early 1978, Coors was seeking a vote on whether to

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called the boycott "a complete success, a resounding success" and commented on the "more positive approach taken by (the new) management" at Coors. However, some union members criticized the agreement, as Coors did not guarantee a union contract. At the time, union membership in the United States had

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described the unions at Coors as weak, highlighting several failed strikes that had occurred throughout the company's history. At the time, union members reported that working conditions were not ideal, with the most significant point of contention being the 21 causes for firing, which included doing

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the ''Los Angeles Times'' claimed that "Coors officers have conceded that the boycott, which was joined over the years by various special-interest groups opposed to the outspoken political conservatism of Coors family patriarch Joseph Coors, had damaged its main market areas in the West and its drive

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In 1986, the South Dakota Farmers Union announced they would also be boycotting Coors following advertisements Coors released that the union said cast aspersions on local ] farmers.{{sfn|Richter|1987}} That same year, Coors announced they would be ending their use of polygraph testing, which had been

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or ].{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1986}} By 1987, Coors had expanded its market to include 47 states, and it was the only brewery among the top 15 in the nation that was not unionized.{{sfn|Prial|1987}} In February of that year, during a speech given by William Coors at the ] in ], approximately 200 ]

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point of contention being the 21 causes for firing, which included doing anything "which would discourage any person from drinking Coors beer" and "making disparaging remarks about the employer".{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}}{{sfn|Hurt III|1976}} While the union's president claimed that the labor contract

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point of contention among union members at the company, with the union alleging that the questions asked violated privacy and led to discrimination.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} Questions asked during the testing covered topics including the use of ], personal debts the individual owed, political affiliations of

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against the company on two separate occasions in the early 1970s for discriminating against ] workers.{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} A September 1975 complaint filed by the ] (EEOC) alleged that almost all of the African Americans and Mexican Americans at Coors worked in unskilled or semiskilled positions

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took over the company's day-to-day operations from his father Joseph and immediately began negotiating with the AFL–CIO on an agreement that would end the boycott. The AFL–CIO rejected Coors' initial offer in February 1987, but on August 19, they announced that they had come to an agreement with the

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Starting in 1966, the Colorado chapter of the ] ] ], along with the ]-based group Crusade for Justice, initiated a ] against Coors due to the company's discrimination against ].{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} Specifically, they cited the fact that Hispanic workers constituted only a small fraction of the

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The ] is a ]-based ] that was founded in 1873 by ] ]. By 1975, it had grown to become the fourth-largest brewing company in the United States, and its brewery in ] was the single largest brewing facility in the world.{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} That year, the company did approximately $ 440 million in

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from over 40 percent to as low as 17 percent in the case of ]. Additionally, the boycott may have encouraged the company to expand nationally, as the company expanded its presence from 11 states in 1975 to 49 states by 1988. In the LGBT community, the boycott left a lasting impact, as several groups

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Shortly after the strike's start, Coors began pushing for the union shop rule at the brewery to be revoked, which was strongly opposed by the strikers. According to a company official, Coors "didn't believe non-strikers should be forced to join the union or that people should be forced to pay union

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who were less favorable to unions (favored by Coors). The dispute was at the time being settled by the NLRB.{{sfn|Stumbo|1988}} Ultimately, only the brewery workers participated in the union vote.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1988}}{{refn|group=note|Sources differ on the number of brewery workers at

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the Coors family's response to the ]. During the strike and associated boycott, which had been organized by the ], the Coors family supported non-union grape growers, and the Crusade for Justice's newspaper ''El Gallo'' published images reportedly showing Coors trucks being used to transport grapes

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claimed that "Coors officers have conceded that the boycott, which was joined over the years by various special-interest groups opposed to the outspoken political conservatism of Coors family patriarch Joseph Coors, had damaged its main market areas in the West and its drive for nationwide sales".

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that the AFL–CIO saw this as a threat to possible union efforts by the IAM, IUOE, and UAW. As part of the agreement, only AFL–CIO unions would be guaranteed an expedited vote on union representation.{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} Following the agreement, the Teamsters continued their efforts to organize at

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became official.{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} By June, it was reported that a majority of strikers had returned to work,{{sfn|Wins|1978}} and by the time of the vote in early December,{{refn|group=note|Sources vary on the exact dates of the vote, with a 1979 article in '']'' stating that voting happened from

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Colorado's Labor Peace Law, Coors demanded a vote amongst brewery workers on whether the brewery would remain a ].{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} In a vote held that December, the union shop was kept, with 92 percent voting in favor.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} On March 1 of the following year, the labor contract between

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During the boycott, brewery workers at Coors had union representation as members of the ] Local 366, which had existed at the plant since at least a failed strike in 1957.{{sfn|Cole|Brantley|2014}} A 1975 article in ''The New York Times'' described the unions at Coors as weak, highlighting several

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By 1975, several members of the Coors family held leadership positions in the company, including ] ] and ] ], both grandsons of Adolph's. The family was well known for their support of ] causes, with Joseph in particular described by '']'' as an "ultraconservative zealot". During the late 1960s to

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was criticized for accepting a $ 110,000 donation from Coors, stating that, at the time, the boycott was still active in the LGBT community. At the time, Coors was trying to make inroads into the LGBT community by increasing advertisements targeting the community (several of which highlighted the

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and Anheuser-Busch. Speaking later about the boycott, Pete Coors stated that "the '70s and early '80s were not a stellar time for the company". The decrease in market share in Coors' limited market area may have contributed to the company's decision to expand nationwide, with the company having a

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reported that the AFL–CIO saw this as a threat to possible union efforts by the IAM, IUOE, and UAW. As part of the agreement, only AFL–CIO unions would be guaranteed an expedited vote on union representation. Following the agreement, the Teamsters continued their efforts to organize at the Golden

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announced that they were ending their boycott, with the GI Forum stating that there had been "some improvement" from the company. However, despite the decertification vote, the AFL–CIO stated their intent to continue their nationwide boycott. Additionally, in the following years, protestors began

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a union contract.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} At the time, union membership in the United States had been on the decline, with activist and writer ] stating, "Organized labor has been in such desperate straits that the Coors settlement has been perceived as a victory – even though the workers at Coors are

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find Coors in a gay bar in San Francisco",{{sfn|Kelly|2019}} a claim backed up by a 2017 article by the Teamsters on the impact of the boycott.{{sfn|International Brotherhood of Teamsters|2017}} A 2014 article published by ] stated that "grudges against Coors continue" among groups that had been

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disputed by Coors representatives. A company representative in 1983 claimed that, while the boycott hurt sales in California, the overall decline in sales during this time was due to increased competition from the ] and Anheuser-Busch.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1983}} Speaking later about the

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The strike and boycotts had a considerable impact on Coors, with ] stating that they "effectively helped stunt the company's growth".{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} In the late 1970s, the company's ] in California had dropped from a high of over 40 percent to just 14 percent. In the company's home state of

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an expedited vote on union representation.{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} Following the agreement, the Teamsters continued their efforts to organize at the Golden plant.{{sfn|Knudson|1987}} In late 1987, the Teamsters became an AFL–CIO affiliate.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} Following this, the Teamsters were the

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day-to-day operations from his father Joseph and immediately began negotiating with the AFL–CIO on an agreement that would end the boycott. The AFL–CIO rejected Coors' initial offer in February 1987, but on August 19, they announced that they had come to an agreement with the company and would

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still trying to kill us. For anyone in the gay community to do business with Coors is suicidal."{{sfn|Hsiao|1998}} In 2002, the LGBT newspaper '']'' was criticized for refusing to run an ad submitted by the LGBT committee of the ] that criticized Coors and contended that the boycott was still

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the following year over whether the local union would be dissolved, with a majority of workers voting to dissolve Brewery Workers Local 366. Despite this, the AFL–CIO continued their boycott. By the 1980s, Coors began making deals with several minority groups to do more business with minority

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start, Coors began pushing for the union shop rule at the brewery to be revoked, which was strongly opposed by the strikers. According to a company official, Coors "didn't believe non-strikers should be forced to join the union or that people should be forced to pay union dues to support the

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and many strikers had returned to work.{{sfn|Bellant|1991|p=81}} Soon, the main issues of the strike concerned keeping the union shop rule and pushing for the rehiring of strikers. By early 1978, Coors was seeking a vote on whether to ], and, after agreeing to pay $ 254,000 in back pay, the

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but instead concerned the company's grounds for dismissal and their use of polygraph testing for applicants.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} Additionally, the company had wanted to change policies regarding seniority rights, which the union opposed.{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} On April 5, 1977,{{sfn|''The New York

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if necessary and that, if the striking worker were replaced, they ran the risk of losing their position within the company. On April 12, the AFL–CIO announced a national boycott of Coors in support of Local 366. Around this time, then-company president Jeff Coors, in speaking to the

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was "pretty lousy", he admitted that the pay and benefits offered by the company were better than most in the industry, and that "s long as they're getting a high wage rate and aren't faced with disciplinary action, their contract doesn't mean much to them".{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}}

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against the protestors. The same year, the boycott grew nationwide, with the national chapter of the American GI Forum instituting a boycott against Coors. This action was supported by several other national organizations representing Hispanics and Mexican Americans, including the

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In the years after the boycott ended, the relationship between Coors and the LGBT community remained frayed. In a 1998 article from the ] '']'', the ] was criticized for accepting a $ 110,000 donation from Coors, stating that, at the time, the boycott was still active in the LGBT

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their boycott.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1987}} Among the concessions, the company agreed to use union workers in the construction of their new facility in ].{{sfn|''Los Angeles Times''|1987}} This had been a point of contention that prevented the February agreement from being

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the ] (the United States' largest federation of labor unions) initiated a nationwide boycott of Coors. The strike lasted for over 20 months, during which time a majority of the union members went back to work without a contract after the company began replacing strikers with ].

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from his father Joseph and immediately began negotiating with the AFL–CIO on an agreement that would end the boycott. The AFL–CIO rejected Coors' initial offer in February 1987, but on August 19, they announced that they had come to an agreement with the company and would

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companies and hire more minority workers. Despite this, the boycott continued and expanded to include numerous other groups, such as the ] and the ]. However, in August 1987, the AFL–CIO agreed to end the boycott, with Coors making several concessions that included

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one of the main issues between the company and union. The replacement screening process would involve a partnership with the firm ], with a company representative stating that the screening process would still allow the company to find if applicants were ] or

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hire more minority workers. Despite this, the boycott continued and expanded to include numerous other groups, such as the ] and the ]. However, in August 1987, the AFL–CIO agreed to end the boycott, with Coors making several concessions that included

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farmers. That same year, Coors announced they would be ending their use of polygraph testing, which had been one of the main issues between the company and union. The replacement screening process would involve a partnership with the firm

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hire more minority workers, among other things. As a result of the agreements, the NAACP ended their threats to boycott Coors.{{sfn|Peterson|1984}} The agreements also helped the company's relationship with groups including the ] and the

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voted to ban the beer from the college. Around this time, however, Coors began reaching out to groups that had threatened to boycott. In October 1987, the company signed a $ 325 million agreement with a coalition consisting of the

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was the single largest brewing facility in the world. That year, the company did approximately $ 440 million in sales. Its product was notable at the time for being one of the few beers created in the United States not to be

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ever instance of collaboration between labor unions and the ].{{sfn|Jones|2009}} Activist ] later claimed that the boycott was "perhaps one of the first major public demonstrations of the links between class and sexual

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article, "The change in employee practices is important. But meanwhile they're still trying to kill us. For anyone in the gay community to do business with Coors is suicidal." In 2002, the LGBT newspaper

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in California had dropped from a high of over 40 percent to just 14 percent. In the company's home state of Colorado, there was a similar drop from 47 percent in 1977 to 24 percent in 1984. In 1987, the

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year of 1934.{{sfn|Dewar|1979}}}} when ] (who had succeeded his father as chief of the company) invited a ] to organize at the location.{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} However, in the following decades, the company

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practices, and by 1973, the boycott had expanded to include members of that community. The LGBT community also began to forge an alliance against Coors with local unions, who resented the company's

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1936 when union representation began.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1978}} However, a 1979 article in '']'' claimed that a union had been invited to organize at the brewery 45 years prior, giving

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commented that "to this day, you can't find Coors in a gay bar in San Francisco", a claim backed up by a 2017 article by the Teamsters on the impact of the boycott. A 2014 article published by

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organization at the Golden plant. In September 1988, it was reported that the Teamsters and Coors disagreed on whether a union vote would include only brewery workers (favored by the Teamsters)

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when union representation began.{{sfn|''The New York Times''|1978}} However, a 1979 article in '']'' claimed that a union had been invited to organize at the brewery 45 years prior, giving

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The strike and boycott had a direct economic impact on Coors. The company's market share in several western states dropped from over 40 percent to as low as 17 percent in the case of

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stating, "Organized labor has been in such desperate straits that the Coors settlement has been perceived as a victory – even though the workers at Coors are still without a union."

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Coors and the local expired, and ensuing negotiations on a new contract were bogged down by disagreements between the two.{{sfn|Wins|1978}} The disagreements were not related to pay

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the Golden plant.{{sfn|Knudson|1987}} In late 1987, the Teamsters became an AFL–CIO affiliate.{{sfn|Tasini|1988}} Following this, the Teamsters were the AFL–CIO union tasked with

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failed strikes that had occurred throughout the company's history.{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} At the time, union members reported that working conditions were not ideal, with the

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In 1986, the South Dakota Farmers Union announced they would also be boycotting Coors following advertisements Coors released that the union said cast aspersions on local

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and an agreement to an expedited union vote at its Golden facility. In December 1988, workers at the Golden brewery voted against unionizing by a margin of over 2 to 1.

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by 1988. This is compared to the company's stance in 1975 when a company representative claimed there were no plans at the time to expand to the eastern United States.

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Coors' practice of using a ] test during their hiring process, which they alleged allowed them to discriminate against LGBT individuals. In ], the ] and the ] union

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that the AFL–CIO saw this as a threat to possible union efforts by the IAM, IUOE, and UAW. As part of the agreement, only AFL–CIO unions would be guaranteed

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the 1970s, the boycott covered much of Coors' market area and involved Hispanic, African American, and ] groups, as well as ] and ]. The latter group

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claimed that the company had had a union presence for 42 years at that time, since 1936 when union representation began. However, a 1979 article in

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published images reportedly showing Coors trucks being used to transport grapes harvested by non-union farmers to markets. In 1969, 43 students at

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between union members and Coors wholesalers during an event held by company representatives who were publicizing Coors' expansion into the state.

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and activists still object to Coors over the company's past actions and the family's continued support of conservative politics. As late as 2019,

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company and would end their boycott. Among the concessions, the company agreed to use union workers in the construction of their new facility in

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total employees at Coors, with only 27 of the 1,330 employees in 1968 being Mexican Americans (approximately 2 percent of Coors' total workforce

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was also involved, and he later claimed that the Bay Area boycott was the first-ever instance of collaboration between labor unions and the

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protested Coors by blocking people at a local pub from ordering Coors beer. 15 of the students were arrested, and the college later filed a

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money towards ],{{sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}} and he additionally provided grants and funding to conservatives groups including ], the ],{{sfn|

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In 1976, under Colorado's Labor Peace Law provisions, Coors demanded a vote amongst brewery workers on whether the brewery would remain a

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later claimed that the boycott was "perhaps one of the first major public demonstrations of the links between class and sexual identity".

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to organize at the location. However, in the following decades, the company had a troubled relationship with organized labor, with the

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when a company representative claimed there were no plans at the time to expand to the eastern United States.{{Sfn|Lichtenstein|1975}}

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reported on December 14 that workers had voted 993 to 408 to decertify Brewery Workers Local 366, bringing an end to the strike.

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discriminatory practices that targeted Hispanics and ]. Additionally, they opposed the Coors family's support of ] causes. Soon

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boycott".{{sfn|Dewar|1979}} Within several weeks from the start of the strike, hundreds of strikebreakers had been hired

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that agreeing to the union's proposals was like "inviting the Russians in to take over America".{{sfn|Anderson|2015}}

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groups initiated a boycott due to the Coors Brewing Company's discriminatory practices that targeted Hispanics and

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for nationwide sales".{{sfn|Johnston|1987}} However, these numbers and the impact the boycott had on the decline

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test during their hiring process, which they alleged allowed them to discriminate against LGBT individuals. In

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Colorado, there was a similar drop from 47 percent in 1977 to 24 percent in 1984.{{sfn|Richter|1987}} In 1987

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claimed that a union had been invited to organize at the brewery 45 years prior, giving the year of 1934.

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as an "ultraconservative zealot". During the late 1960s to early 1970s, Joseph served as a member of the

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that criticized Coors and contended that the boycott was still active. In 2019, union and LGBT activist

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at the company's brewery in 1977. The strike ended the following year in failure for the union, which

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forced to dissolve. The boycott, however, lasted until the mid-1980s, when it was more or less ended.

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stating that they "effectively helped stunt the company's growth". In the late 1970s, the company's

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Local 366, which had existed at the plant since at least a failed strike in 1957. A 1975 article in

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stated that "grudges against Coors continue" among groups that had been involved in the boycotts.

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reported on the "nofficial returns" in the voting tally as happening on the night of December 14.

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active.{{sfn|Roberts|2002}} In 2019, union and LGBT activist ] commented that "to this day, you

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claiming that the company had destroyed 19 different unions at their facilities, including

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started in the late 1960s and continued through the 1970s, coinciding with a labor strike

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During the boycott, brewery workers at Coors had union representation as members of the

the executive and his company. That same month, Coors expanded their market to include

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End date represents the date that brewery workers voted to decertify the local union.

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Another point of contention between the company and protestors involved the use of

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tests on job applicants, a process that the company had implemented following the

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was criticized for refusing to run an ad submitted by the LGBT committee of the

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stating that voting happened from December 13 to 14, while a 1991 book by

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The strike and boycotts had a considerable impact on Coors, with

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causes. Soon afterward, the boycott expanded through much of the

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to promote the boycott that involved noted gay rights activist ].

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that would have banned LGBT teachers from employment. Activist

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against Coors due to the company's discrimination against

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and the Denver-based Crusade for Justice. These two

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