Sam Adams Boston Brewery Workers in Jamaica Plain Announce Intent to Unionize!

Today, August 13th, the passionate and hardworking staff at Sam Adams Boston Brewery in Jamaica Plain delivered a letter to management informing them of the brewery workers intention to unionize. The staff consists of bartenders, beer ambassadors, cooks, and key holders. They cited job security, equitable treatment, equality, clear & consistent policies, and clearly defined wages & benefits as some of their reason to form a union.

“If you’re talking to management over and over and over again and nothing’s changing you’ve got to try something different,” said Zafi Smith, a senior beer ambassador at Sam Adams. “Seeing my coworkers reinvigorated by this has been incredible.”

We look forward to welcoming these fine workers into our union family!