BELGIUM: Brewery blockade threatens Anheuser-Busch InBev beer supplies
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 15 January 2010
Workers at two Anheuser-Busch InBev breweries in Belgium have blockaded the facilities, in protest at proposed job cuts in the country.
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Workers at two Anheuser-Busch InBev breweries in Belgium have blockaded the facilities, in protest at proposed job cuts in the country.
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