CBC News interviewed Mark Thompson, a UBC professor emeritus at the Sauder School of Business, for a story on the first unionized craft brewery in the province.
He said the Saltspring Island Ales deal is the first of similar deals in the future.
“What the union would probably like to do as a strategy is to unionize several craft breweries and then get them in a group and negotiate,” he said. “For 10 to 15 workers, it’s not worthwhile to a union to dedicate a lot of resources because there are not enough dues coming in. But let’s say 100 workers at several breweries, then it starts to make sense.”
