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I have an undimmed affection for Leinenkugel and wish them the best. But this is a tough boycott.

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...

Leinenkugel's, a popular Midwestern brewery, is facing its first strike since 1985 as workers say raise offer doesn't keep pace with inflation.