Union Authorizes Potential Strike Against Bud Light Maker

The Teamsters union said on Saturday that 99 percent of its members had voted to authorize a strike at brewer Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. breweries. The union is seeking an agreement that would improve wages, protect jobs, and secure healthcare and retirement benefits for 5,000 of its members at 12 breweries operated by Anheuser-Busch, which makes Bud Light and Budweiser.  The current agreement expires on Feb 29, 2024. “If Anheuser-Busch’s executives can’t get their act together to negotiate an agreement that respects workers, we will see them out on the streets,” Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said in a statement over the weekend....