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Carlton & United Breweries controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2016

    Maintenance-worker outsourcing dispute

    CUB's dismissal of 55 maintenance workers and invitation for them to reapply through another contractor on less favourable terms led to union condemnation, public criticism, social-media mobilisation and product boycotts by some Victorian pubs. Workers and unions characterised the arrangement as a way of transferring the work while cutting pay and conditions.