File under, "Really important issues facing mankind"

The humanity of it all:

Molson retirees in the province of Newfoundland will see their monthly allotment of beer fall from six dozen a month to zero over the next five years.

Current workers will see their allotment drop from 72 dozen bottles a year to 52 dozen.

"There was no consultation, we just received a letter that this is a done deal, which is totally unfair," Bill Bavis, who retired six years ago after 32 years at Molson's in St. John's, Newfoundland, told the Star. "I think with the economic downturn they're trying to take advantage of us, as a way to cut retirees' benefits and justify it."

Naturally the neo-medieval guilds aren't taking this laying down:

Unions have launched grievances in Montreal and Vancouver, where the allotment is less.

No doubt this incident will be cobbled into some statistic used to demonstrate "union-busting" activities.