Friday, June 17, 2011

Choose Union: Raise a Glass for the Working Class

by Manny Herrmann, Jun 16, 2011


When you’re out with friends on a beautiful summer Thursday night in Minneapolis, Minn., supporting good union jobs might not be the first thing that comes to mind. At the Netroots Nation Conference, we’re working to change that. One glass of beer at a time.

Here at the conference, all you have to do is take actions that support workers’ rights, like signing up for Working America and taking our Real or Not Quiz, to get free union-made beer to wash down your union-made Pop Tarts (distributed the Alliance for American Manufacturing booth).

Today, I washed down my frosted brown sugar cinnamon Pop Tarts (made by the United Steelworkers) with two excellent union-made beers: Schnell’s Zommerfest from New Ulm, Minn., a local farming community just under two hours from Minneapolis, and Leinenkugel’s, from Chippawa Falls, Wis.

Wish you were here? Well, soon you’ll soon be able to sign up for Netroots Nation 2012. But until then, I’d recommend you sample these great union-made beers.