Minneapolis distillery unionizes amidst pandemic

A busy bar
Tattersall Distillery in northeast Minneapolis as seen in July 2017. Some Tattersall Distillery workers have voted to unionize.
Emmet Kowler for MPR

Minnesota is now home to the first unionized craft distillery.

Distillers, bottlers, and front of house wait staff and bartenders at Tattersall Distillery in northeast Minneapolis voted to unionize and are now represented by Local 17 of Unite Here, an international union representing workers in the United States of America and Canada. 

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