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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. - John McGillis earned $18 an hour when he started working at Leinenkugel's brewery in 1990, a top wage befitting a company recognized as a community cornerstone since it began brewing for local lumberjacks in 1867. Now more than three decades later, McGillis is earning only $5.50 more - a meager increase that prompted him to put down his tools this month and join 40 colleagues in a picket line outside the brewery's red-brick walls in a push for better pay. They wa...

Recently, Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC, provided notice of a data breach affecting as many as 8,513 participants of the Soft Drink & Brewery Workers Union Local 812 Retirement Fund...

We need him: Miller Brewery shooting victims widow still grieves Angelica Valles husband Jesus "Jesse" Valle Jr. was shot and killed by a co-worker on Feb. 26, 2020. Share Updated: 12:01 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 We need him: Miller Brewery shooting victims widow still grieves Angelica Valles husband Jesus "Jesse" Valle Jr. was shot and killed by a co-worker on Feb. 26, 2020. Share Updated: 12:01 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IMPORTANT LOCAL COVERA...

Friday marks one year since a gunman opened fire and killed five co-workers at the Miller brewery in Milwaukee.The victims were Dale Hudson, Gennady Levshetz, Jesus Valle Jr., Trevor Wetselaar and Dana Walk.Its a loss their families are still feeling today.Janet Wetselaar lost her son Trevor, a powerhouse operator at Molson Coors and Navy veteran who worked on a nuclear submarine."Our entire family has been devastated, and every day and night is filled with extreme misery and sadness," she...