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Hundreds of union members rally in front of Clare Rose
Photo credit: Newsday Photo / Mario Gonzalez | Demonstrators say Budweiser distributor Clare Rose of Melville is harming Long Island workers by hiring out-of-state labor for its new plant in Brookhaven after accepting tax-abatements to build it.
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Unions protest at Clare Rose
Several hundred union supporters and members rallied in front of Clare Rose Inc. Wednesday, protesting the Long Island beer distributor's use of an out-of-state, nonunion construction firm to build its new Yaphank facility.
"Our union members built Clare Rose by buying its products," said Jim Castellane, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk counties,...
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