When the Teamsters Union picketed Anheuser-Busch this summer, it violated federal labor, said the NLRB.
For five months, Teamsters Local 600 has been striking the Lohr Distributing Co., which is the exclusive distributor of Anheuser-Busch products in St. Louis. The Teamsters are boycotting Lohr, which means a boycott of Anheuser-Busch products.
The union has violated a law prohibiting pickets against companies not directly involved in a labor contract dispute, according to the NLRB. The Teamsters, which had displayed signs calling for a boycott near Anheuser-Busch headquarters, will be asked to stop.
Dan McKay, the local Teamsters president, said employees would stop if their activities are illegal. The NLRB is continuing to investigate four additional charges that Anheuser-Busch filed against the Teamsters.
This is a further example of aggressive union tactics that go beyond the bounds of accepted labor relations law.
