Anchor Employees Launch GoFundMe in Bid to Buy Brewery

Dear Client:   Former Anchor Brewing employees raised more than $70,000 this week after starting a GoFundMe campaign to cover legal fees and other expenses as they develop a business plan in an attempt to buy the historic 127-year-old San Francisco brewery.  Members of Anchor’s union (International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 6) launched the GoFundMe campaign Monday and exceeded their initial $50,000 fundraising goal by Wednesday. After the brewery shut down July 12, workers formed a co-op “with the intention