Denmark: Danish brewery workers strike against beer drinking restrictions

Danish brewery workers have gone on strike to keep the right to drink beer on the job, Deutsche Presse-Agentur posted on May 25.

Workers at a brewery west of the Danish capital decided Tuesday to stay on strike after restrictions were imposed about where they would be allowed to taste the brewery's products. Some 70 of the 200 workers went on strike Monday at the Harboe brewery in Skaelskor.

More than 90 % of the employees voted to continue the strike at a union meeting on Tuesday, broadcaster DR said.

The protest was aimed a decision by management and union representatives saying that workers would in future be restricted to tasting beer and other products in the brewery's canteen and not in the production or bottling section of the brewery.

Some workers were also disgruntled with how union representatives had handled ongoing wage talks. According to brewery rules, workers are allowed to drink six beers or other beverages a day.

25 May, 2005