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Update on Creature Comfort Brewing’s union organizing

Last week I reported that the employees of Creature Comforts Brewing Co. formed their own independent labor union, the Brewing Union of Georgia (aka BUG) and announced their intent to unionize their workplace.
A lot can happen in a week.…
Offensive social media posts doom airline employee’s discrimination claim
The BIG risk of misclassifying employees as independent contractors

A national auto parts distributor has reached a settlement with the Department of Labor to pay a total of $5.6 million in back pay and liquidated damages (plus interest) to 1,398 drivers misclassified as independent contractors. The payments to the…
WIRTW #657: the “Let me buy you a beer” edition

From Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, the Ohio Craft Brewers Conference is taking place in Cleveland. My firm and I are playing a prominent role.
- On Jan. 30 we are sponsoring the opening reception at Forest City Brewery, from
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What does Creature Comfort’s union announcement mean for your craft brewery?

The employees of Creature Comforts Brewing Co. recently held a rally to announce their intent to form a labor union. They also announced the formation of the Brewing Union of Georgia, an independent union created by the brewery’s employees with…
WIRTW #656: the “Dilenogate” edition
Employers, for the love of God, please stop banning employees from discussing their wages

I came across the following recent post on the legaladvice subreddit.
Work for a brewery. GM and owner … informed everyone that we needed to sign a contract essentially stating that if ANY employee was found to be discussing…