"I don't think it's going to work out for the corporation at this particular shop."

You know how earlier this year, Heaven Hill workers <a href="https://fingers.substack.com/p/striking-against-corporate-greed">went on a six-week strike against their employer</a>, which is one of the largest bourbon distilleries in Kentucky, and therefore the world? Well, about 2.5 hours to the south, across the Tennessee state line, workers at a very small whiskey distillery with a very big corporate overlord took notice. Here&#8217;s the deal.<br/><br/>Today on <a href="https://bit.ly/3CbYZeQ">The Fingers Podcast</a> I&#8217;ve got an interview with Dylan Lancaster, a tour guide and organizer at <a href="https://greenbrierdistillery.com/">Nelson&#8217;s Green Brier Distillery</a> in Nashville, Tennessee. Last week, Dylan and around 35 of his coworkers went public with a union drive at their workplace, a historic Nashville whiskey maker that in 2019 was acquired by <a href="https://www.cbrands.com/">Constellation Brands</a>, the major beverage conglomerate behind brands like Corona, Mondavi, Casa Noble, and many more. <br/><br/>The Nelson&#8217;s Green Brier employees&#8217; grievances are pretty familiar: low pay, bad working conditions, and unaffordable and/or inaccessible healthcare. But the way they&#8217;ve decided to address them&#8212;by forming a union with the United Food and Commercial Workers&#8212;is less so in Tennessee, a <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/right-to-work-states-have-lower-wages/">right-to-work state</a> with <a href="https://clarksvillenow.com/local/tennessee-is-the-6-least-unionized-state/">one of the lowest labor union densities</a> in the country. &#8220;Not only are we fighting a giant, multi-billion dollar corporation, but we're also doing it within a state that is not kind to unions or to workers more broadly,&#8221; Lancaster told The Fingers Podcast. &#8220;It's a bit of a David versus Goliath situation.&#8221;<br/><br/>&#127911; This full-length interview is FREE to all subscribers on <a href="https://bit.ly/3CbYZeQ">The Fingers Podcast</a>.<br/><br/>Interviews are us