There have been allegations of harassment taking place at UNION. We take any and all allegations of this nature seriously and have taken steps to investigate and address the circumstances that led to these allegations.

Our mission since day one has been to build community through our brewery and over the last eight years, with your support, we have accomplished so much towards this goal. Several months ago, we hired an independent consultant to investigate the allegations. The results of this investigation shined a light on the need for us to do more work to create meaningful change within our culture to accomplish the goals we set for ourselves as a Baltimore business.

We are deeply and sincerely sorry to those affected by this. This is not the UNION we want to be.
In recent months we have been focused internally to implement critical changes:

• We hired an independent consultant to conduct an unbiased investigation that included interviews with staff regarding harassment in the workplace.

• As a result of the investigation, the individual in question was relieved of his duties and removed from the operations at the brewery. Please know that we are limited as to what we can publicly say about our employees and the results of the investigation due to privacy laws.

• We put in place a safe, external resource for staff to address any work-related issues.

• We are in the process of actively recruiting a full-time Human Resources Manager. We are in the midst of interviews to identify the ideal candidate for this position.

• We hired an independent consultant to help us reshape our company culture that will include training on workplace harassment and putting the tools in place to identify and respond to any improper behavior that may arise.

While we stand behind these necessary and important actions, we believe there is more work to do. It starts with this public apology and we will not stop until we have created the safe, equitable, supportive, fun, and productive work environment that we’ve always envisioned and promised to our employees and to the community at UNION.

We know the road ahead to do so will not be easy, but we are committed to making meaningful changes for our valued employees and the greater community. It is our hope that by opening ourselves up to this important and difficult conversation, that awareness and change can resonate beyond our brewery and our local community and shed light on an issue that permeates not only our industry but the workplace culture in our country.

We can and will do better.