Unionization could result in employees having “benefits or work rules that don’t like.” The email asserted:Ĭosts associated with unionization would reduce the company’s overall resources, resulting in less money for compensation and benefits. 23, the Sanborns sent an email to six production staff outlining seven reasons the employees should not vote to organize. The tension between ownership and employees goes back to the start of the year. Ultimately, he hoped that a union at Rising Tide would serve as a model to encourage other area breweries to raise wages and benefits. The primary goals of the union, according to this former employee, were to improve safety protocols, facilitate better communication between owners and staff, and to conduct employee performance reviews on a regular basis in lieu of a sporadic or request-only basis. The former employee, who asked not to be named because he fears it will harm his chances of future employment in the brewing industry, says Rising Tide’s co-owners Heather and Nathan Sanborn discouraged him from organizing production staff at the brewery to form a union earlier this year. The complaint alleges an 8(a)(3) discharge, a termination based on an employee’s pro-union position. The independent, federal agency is responsible for enforcing U.S. 16, a former employee of Portland, Maine’s Rising Tide Brewing Company filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the business. Big plays, smart moves, and otherwise curious indicators of beer's possible future.

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