[sanjuro]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/08/world/AP-EU-Denmark-Carlsberg-Beer-Strike.html

Lunch-Only Beer Policy Prompts Carlsberg Strike
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 6:08 p.m. ET

COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off their jobs in protest Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened laid-back rules on workplace drinking and removed beer coolers from work sites, a company spokesman said.

The warehouse and production workers in Denmark are rebelling against the company's new alcohol policy, which allows them to drink beer only during lunch hours in the canteen. Previously, they could help themselves to beer throughout the day, from coolers placed around the work sites.

The only restriction was ''that you could not be drunk at work. It was up to each and everyone to be responsible,'' company spokesman Jens Bekke said.

Carlsberg had mulled a stricter drinking policy for years and finally decided to impose the new rules on April 1, prompting protests from the staff.

Bekke said around 800 workers went on strike Wednesday and around 250 walked off their jobs Thursday, resulting in interruptions to beer transports in and around Copenhagen.

Carlsberg's truck drivers joined the strike in sympathy -- even though they are exempt from the new rules, Bekke said. The truck drivers are permitted to bring three beers from the canteen because they often don't have time to have lunch there.

The trucks have alcohol ignition locks preventing the drivers from driving drunk, he added.

 

[kidwoo]

Gotta get my resume together.......

 

[X3pilot]

Man, I'm taking this post to HR tomorrow! THIS is a workplace bitch for sure!

 

[LOOnatic]

Man thats funny.
A few years back i went on a tour of the Ducati factory in Bologna and as i waiting for the tour 2 start a double decker Moretti truck pulls in to replenish the reserves and im like thats how they roll?

 

[JohnE]

Bastards...see what happens w/o a strong union?

 

[valve bouncer]

My uncle was telling me about his days as a sales rep at a big brewery in Sydney in the '60s. Lets just say Friday afternoon productivity was not stellar.

 

[DaveW]

Yep it's like that in the Heineken plant in South Auckland (or at least it used to be).

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Dear god...maybe the fridges were stocked with Elephant...that would put me in a world of hurt on an hourly basis!!!

 

[rockofullr]

I'm in the wrong industry

 

[jimmydean]

My uncle was telling me about his days as a sales rep at a big brewery in Sydney in the '60s. Lets just say Friday afternoon productivity was not stellar.

It all depends on what you consider "productive", I guess.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

non-euro work standards suck. (working for a japanese company myself, ugghh...)
i miss the 3 hour nap-lunch, summer schedule and fridays-we-get-out-at-2pm... they are soooooo ahead of us in terms of living skills.

 

[sanjuro]

Man thats funny.
A few years back i went on a tour of the Ducati factory in Bologna and as i waiting for the tour 2 start a double decker Moretti truck pulls in to replenish the reserves and im like thats how they roll?

This is another reminder that I am only buying Japanese bikes...