After months of union negotiations that apparently went nowhere, the owners of the Elysian Brewery in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood have decided to shut down operations.
Anheuser-Bush acquired Elysian Brewery in 2015. Employees voted in August of last year to unionize and become part of Teamsters Local 117. At the time, brewery workers voted 62 percent in favor of becoming a union shop.
According to the Washington Beer Blog, Anheuser-Busch will shut down the brewery on December 31st. One source told the blog the closure will put as many as 90 employees out of work. But another source claimed the shutdown will impact very few employees…