Vol.63/No.45      December 20, 1999 
 
 
Workers occupy brewery in Ontario  
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Thirty Molson Brewery workers occupied the plant in Barrie, Ontario, November 21 to protest the company's plans to close the brewery, wiping out 350 unionized jobs. The members of Canadian Auto Workers Local 500 are protesting the company's refusal to move the jobs to its Etobicoke plant near Toronto and are demanding an adequate severance package. The union has launched a nationwide boycott of Molson beer. The occupation has stopped production at Barrie, and workers have blocked all entrances with pickets and company trucks.  
 
 
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