Modelo boycott (sorry Jack)
Mar 1 2008 22:32
Not as of yet got sufficient material on this to make a news story, but a chat with a compa last night reveals that beer company Modelo have fired 260 workers in San Luis Potosi for organising into an independent union. They've also blacklisted the workers and their families, spreading word all over town. In response, the union and the workers are calling for an international boycott of Modelo products.
A lollipop for whoever can guess which beer Modelo exports to Europe... 
Mar 2 2008 00:20
#2
Martin you're too old for lollipops, have a Corona instead:
Mar 2 2008 01:50
#3
When does this start - bought a loada people this down the pub on thursday when it was my round. A fuck off theres a boycott on mighta saved me some money (and lost me some friends)
Mar 2 2008 02:00
#4
Dunno...it's all hypothesis right now. Like I said, a mate told me during a heavy night out.
Mar 2 2008 12:07
#5
Looks like Jack's going to have to stick with the Margueritas. If only I had a photo to illustrate what this might look like. 
Mar 2 2008 12:11
#6
I can only imagine it'd be rather masculine.
I prefer stouts and porters these days, anyway!
You know, like, when there's no fruit beer available.
Mar 2 2008 20:00
#7
More info:
They worked in a bottle plant in San Luis Potosi making bottles for beers such as Modelo Negro and Corona. More than 200 got fired by the Modelo owner - who's married to the US ambassador in Mexico ie fucking loaded - for striking "illegally" (most Mexican strikes go to legal arbitration and the state's all too keen to ban strikes on technicalities ie not displaying your banners clearly etc) as part of an independent (ie not state-affiliated/priista) union. A couple of weeks back they marched on the capital from San Luis Potosi in a caravan trail (as is the tradition here), where they joined up with 460 workers in a textiles union in Jalisco who'd just been made redundant when the boss suddenly and inexplicably (!) closed the factory (as happened in Puebla a month or 2 ago with the FAT). The Jalisco lot have been striking and occupying the factory since the redundancy notice (11 months ago), demanding it be reopened or the ownership be handed to them as one of them union coops that are becoming pretty trendy of late (there's also an "alternative" cafe in Mexico City run in the same way).
Is it some really crap lager that can only be made palatable with slices of lime?