OTTAWA ― Canada’s central labour body is calling on workers across the country to join a nation-wide boycott by buying their beer in bottles, not cans.
The move backs a boycott launched by the United Steelworkers in support of 120 workers forced on strike in September 2013 by Crown Holdings, one of the world’s largest beer can manufacturers.
“We must not let this incredibly profitable multinational company – with a CEO making an average of $13 million a year – show such utter contempt for the very workers who have helped build its success,” said CLC president Hassan Yussuff.
Crown’s Toronto facility has been unionized for over 25 years. Its workers have an average of 20 years of service to the company. Until now, the union and management enjoyed a stable relationship with only one six-week strike in 1995.
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