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Gone too far this time.....

Yanuck

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TORONTO - Beer maker Molson is turning off the tap and cutting off the supply of free suds to its retirees, the Toronto Star reported on Tuesday.

Molson, a division of Molson Coors, said it was looking to "standardize" its complimentary beer policy.

There are 2,400 Molson retirees in Canada and their free beer costs the company about C$1 million ($900,000) a year, the Star said.

Molson retirees in the province of Newfoundland will see their monthly allotment of beer fall from six dozen a month to zero over the next five years.
Current workers will see their allotment drop from 72 dozen bottles a year to 52 dozen.
"There was no consultation, we just received a letter that this is a done deal, which is totally unfair," Bill Bavis, who retired six years ago after 32 years at Molson's in St. John's, Newfoundland, told the Star. "I think with the economic downturn they're trying to take advantage of us, as a way to cut retirees' benefits and justify it."


Unions have launched grievances in Montreal and Vancouver, where the allotment is less.

A spokesman for Molson said the company feels it still has a very generous benefits package.
 

leanin' H

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Whew! It's a good thing those folks didnt retire from a house of ill repute! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
 

Yanuck

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what I want to know is who in the heck drinks 72 dozen beers a year? how do you get up and get your butt to work in the morning?!
 

leanin' H

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Thats only 864 beers a year! Shoot, when i was in college that was a slow week! :roll:
I'll bet Obama is behind this somehow!
 

TSR

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It started with Clinton, I'm almost sure he has to be the blame for this!
Some regulatory discipline has finally reached Canada. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Mrs.Greg

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Yanuck said:
what I want to know is who in the heck drinks 72 dozen beers a year? how do you get up and get your butt to work in the morning?!
Have you never drank with a newfie?72 dozen can be consumed in a weekend.... :wink:
 

TexasBred

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Mrs.Greg said:
Yanuck said:
what I want to know is who in the heck drinks 72 dozen beers a year? how do you get up and get your butt to work in the morning?!
Have you never drank with a newfie?72 dozen can be consumed in a weekend.... :wink:

Heck I used to have more than that stolen out of my cooler every year. :wink:
 

Yanuck

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Mrs.Greg said:
Yanuck said:
what I want to know is who in the heck drinks 72 dozen beers a year? how do you get up and get your butt to work in the morning?!
Have you never drank with a newfie?72 dozen can be consumed in a weekend.... :wink:


They haven't migrated this far south yet :lol:
 

CattleArmy

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leanin' H said:
Thats only 864 beers a year! Shoot, when i was in college that was a slow week! :roll:
I'll bet Obama is behind this somehow!

I'm wondering if we went to the same college or had the same friends...... :eek: :) :) :D

Your Obama comment cracks me up right along with whoever brought up Bush. :D :) :)
 

VanC

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CattleArmy said:
Yanuck said:
what I want to know is who in the heck drinks 72 dozen beers a year? how do you get up and get your butt to work in the morning?!

Maybe working at a brewery leads to this habit? :?

I suspect you're right. It happened to me.

Back when I was in my early twenties I worked for about a year for a beer and liquor distributor. I hadn't been much of a drinker till then but almost everybody drank on the job, so I did, too. By the time I left it wasn't unusual for me to drink 10-15 beers during the course of a work day. I was hooked. It became a big problem and stayed with me until I finally got a handle on it when I was in my mid thirties. I wonder how many of those retirees have liver problems?
 
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