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The 1981 Schlitz strike was a labor strike involving approximately 700 brewery workers of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The strike began June 1, 1981 after the labor contract between Schlitz and the local union (Brewery Workers Local 9) expired without a replacement. The strike came at a time ...
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company is an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was once the largest producer of beer in the United States.Its namesake beer, Schlitz (/ ˈ ʃ l ɪ t s /), was known as "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" and was advertised with the slogan "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer". [1]
In 1948, Schlitz was producing 4 million barrels of beer annually, more than any brewer in the world. [10] By 1950, Schlitz shipped more than five million barrels of beer [51] and Pabst 3.4 million barrels of beer. [21] In 1950, Schlitz was the number one brewer in the country with Pabst fourth, Miller eighth, and Blatz ninth. [55]
The song's title is a reference to beer, specifically Schlitz beer, which for many years was advertised with the slogan, "The beer that made Milwaukee famous." [1] In 1968, Jerry Lee Lewis released his version as a single. It became a top-ten hit on Billboard's country chart and made a minor impact on the Billboard Hot 100.
A member of the Uihlein family, he is a descendant of the brewers of Schlitz beer. [6] Until 1980, Richard Uihlein worked in international sales for General Binding Corporation, a company co-founded by his father, Edgar Uihlein. [7]
Joseph Schlitz was born on May 15, 1831, in Mainz, Hesse-Darmstadt. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1850. In 1856, he assumed management of the Krug Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [a] In 1858, when he married George August Krug's widow, Anna Maria Krug, [1] he changed the name of the company to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
The George Muehlebach Brewing Company (/ ˈ m juː l b ɑː k /) was a brewery that operated in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1868 until 1956, when it was acquired by Schlitz. Schlitz eventually discontinued the brand, and its Kansas City brewery was shut down in 1973. At one time, Muehlebach was the largest brewery in the Kansas City area. [1]
The 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike was a strike action involving approximately 7,100 workers at six breweries in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.The strike began on May 14 of that year after the Brewery Workers Union Local 9 and an employers' organization representing six Milwaukee-based brewing companies failed to agree to new labor contracts.