Workers strike over ban on drinking at work

[funkfool]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6374BH20100408
(Reuters) - A few hundred warehouse workers and drivers at Danish brewer Carlsberg halted work for a second day on Thursday to protest a company decision to limit beer drinking at work to lunch breaks.
Oddly Enough
The strike in Denmark followed the company's April 1 decision to introduce new rules for employees on beer drinking at work, said Jens Bekke, spokesman at the world no.4 brewer.
"There has been free beer, water and soft drinks everywhere," he said. "Yesterday, beers were removed from all refrigerators. The only place you can get a beer in future is in the canteen, at lunch."
Bekke said drivers retained an old right to three beers per day outside lunch hours, and warehouse workers claimed the same right.
"Because of that, the warehouse staff went on strike yesterday, with other staff striking in sympathy," he said.
Bekke said as many as 800 had walked out on Wednesday, with 250 still on strike on Thursday, and the Confederation of Danish Industry and trade union 3F had agreed to look into the dispute.
He said there would be no shipments from Copenhagen on Thursday, and delays in the rest of the country, but said he expected the financial effect of the strike to be minor.
He added that Carlsberg's trucks have alcohol locks so drivers would not be able to drink too much and drive.
(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, editing by Paul Casciato)


They came for my buddy's beer and I said nothing...

[StagLefty]

I can't imagine a company in th US allowing drivers to drink during the day due to liabilities.

[Troublco]

Hell, I'd move to Denmark to drive a beer truck for them if I could drink all day, except for their massively high income tax and socialist system.......

Hey, that is sounding familiar for some reason.......hmmmmmm....

[Irving]

You used to be able to drink like that at Coors.

Here is a picture of that factory.

[sniper7]

They should be able to drink, make sure their product is quality!

Drinking and driving while only having 1 beer isn't a big deal IMO, it is just when the drinking is excessive that it becomes a problem.
1 beer usually calms most people down, enough where road rage would be lessened.

again, just my thoughts. not gonna happen so it really doesn't matter

[theGinsue]

They came for my buddy's beer and I said nothing...

That's awesome.

To this, I say: