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plant. In late 1987, the Teamsters became an AFL–CIO affiliate. Following this, the Teamsters were the 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. 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.
952: 580: 859:. 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 276: 130: 239:. A vote was initiated by the company 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 to hire more minority workers. Despite this, the boycott continued and expanded to include numerous other groups, such as the 515:. 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). 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 258:. 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, it was reported that Coors was difficult to find in any 852:"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". 611:, 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 164:, United States. The boycott, initially local in nature, started in the late 1960s and continued through the 1970s, coinciding with a labor strike that happened at the company's brewery in 1977. The strike ended the following year in failure for the union, which was forced to dissolve. The boycott, however, lasted until the mid-1980s, when it was more or less ended. 615:. 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. 878:
union 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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reporting 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 to an expedited vote on union representation. Following the agreement, the Teamsters continued their efforts to organize at the Golden
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took over the day-to-day operations of the company 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
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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 biggest point of contention being the 21 causes for firing, which included doing anything
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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 to a union contract. At the time, union membership in the United States
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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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Shortly after the start of the strike, 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
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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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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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However, these numbers and the impact the boycott had on the decline is 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
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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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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
519:) working for the company in 1967. In August 1970, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission found the company guilty of firing a worker due to his race. The commission would ultimately rule against the company on two separate occasions in the early 1970s for discriminating against 235:(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 882:, and, after agreeing to pay $ 254,000 in back pay, the election became official. By June, it was reported that a majority of strikers had returned to work, and by the time of the vote in early December, only 500 of the initial 1,500 strikers were still on strike. The 665:, 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. Through Milk, the boycott spread throughout the 3186: 1058:(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", while AFL–CIO president 967:
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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Local 366, which represented over 1,500 workers at the company's flagship Golden, Colorado brewery, went on strike over noneconomic issues related to, among other things, the company's use of polygraph testing and their 21 grounds for
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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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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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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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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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The strike and boycott had a direct economic impact on Coors, with the company's market share in several western states dropping 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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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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In addition to employment discrimination, Hispanic activists also singled out Joseph Coors' actions while university regent, as well as the Coors family's response to the
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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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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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claimed that the company had had a union presence for 42 years at that time, giving a year of 1936 for when union representation began. However, a 1979 article in
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the company and would be ending their boycott.. Among the concessions, the company agreed to use union workers in the construction of their new facility 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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In 1976, under the provisions of Colorado's Labor Peace Law, Coors demanded a vote amongst brewery workers on whether the brewery would remain a
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to organize at the location. However, in the following decades, the company would have a troubled relationship with organized labor, with the
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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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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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In the years after the boycott ended, the relationship between Coors and the LGBT community remained frayed. In a 1998 article from the
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Sources differ on the number of brewery workers at the plant at the time of the vote, with sources claiming 1,500, 1,600, and 1,700.
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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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At the time of the agreement, the Teamsters were attempting to organize workers at the Golden facility, with the
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groups initiated a boycott due to the Coors Brewing Company discriminatory practices that targeted Hispanics and
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test during their hiring process, which they alleged allowed them to discriminate against LGBT individuals. In
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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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claimed that a union had been invited to organize at the brewery 45 years prior, giving a year of 1934.
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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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By 1975, several members of the Coors family held leadership positions in the company, including
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Brewing a Boycott: How a Grassroots Coalition Fought Coors and Remade American Consumer Activism
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claiming that the company had destroyed 19 different unions at their facilities, including
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The boycott began in 1966 as a regional affair coordinated by the Colorado chapter of the
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During the boycott, brewery workers at Coors had union representation as members of the
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union formed an alliance to promote the boycott that involved noted gay rights activist
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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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The Coors Connection: How Coors Family Philanthropy Undermines Democratic Pluralism
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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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Parties, criticized Coors' actions as regent. In 1974, he was nominated by
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stating that voting happened from December 13 to 14, while a 1991 book by
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One source gives this number as approximately 1,400. A 1988 article in
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also launched a boycott due in part to Joseph Coors' opposition to the
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Sources vary on the exact dates of the vote, with a 1979 article in
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was also involved in the boycott and brought it to the attention of
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causes. Soon afterwards, the boycott expanded through much of the
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The strike and boycotts had a considerable impact on Coors, with
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Despite the company's claims, Coors became known throughout the
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that would have banned LGBT teachers from employment. Activist
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Strikebreakers and union members hired without labor contracts
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and Teamsters member) to organize a largescale boycott in the
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The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
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Approximately 200 students picketed Joseph Coors outside the
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In 1979, both the American GI Forum and the California-based
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against Coors due to the company's discrimination against
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United States District Court for the District of Colorado
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after it was revealed that he had donated money to the
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20th century labor action against Coors Brewing Company
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and the Denver-based Crusade for Justice. These two
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