Minneapolis beer truck drivers strike over staffing, safety
Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018![Teamsters Local 792 members on strike against beer distributor J.J. Taylor in Minneapolis picket April 12. Company demand to eliminate two-person truck crew threatens workers’ safety.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/opl18-300x189.jpg)
MINNEAPOLIS — “We’re striking for safety,” Todd Tucker, a 20-year driver for J.J. Taylor, Minnesota’s largest beer distributor, told Socialist Workers Party members and supporters when we joined their picket line here April 17. The 95 drivers, helpers and warehouse…