The tax justice campaign is going great guns as teams of volunteers continue their selfless work of pub crawling all over Sydney (and beyond). Using coasters and conversations we are spreading the word about nasty tax practices of the second biggest brewing company in the world, SABMiller. People all over the country are joining in the push, coasters are being sent out interstate as we speak. You can order some for your own local here.
Punters at pubs are super-keen to chat, and are eager to discover more about SABMiller’s tax dodging and what they can do about it. Smart phones are still being whipped out at drinking holes everywhere, and the action email tally is climbing.
The online push is getting lots of hype, too, and in a new step for ActionAid, we are all over several prominent beer blogs. Boutique brewers who pay their taxes aren’t happy about this either.
But SABMIller’s local operation, Pacific Beverages, has stopped responding to online letters, and we suspect they’re a tad jumpy.
Perhaps there are too many online actions, and they can’t reply fast enough. Or maybe this is a deliberate step to try and wait out our campaign and hope it all goes away.
It’s hard to say – but either way we’ve got to keep up the pressure by making this campaign turn up everywhere they look, and ensure that SABMiller continues to hear what its customers think about its tax practices.
Together we can make this huge company pay attention and change their ways.
Heading out for a drink? Order some free coasters and leave them at your local. And then make sure the company knows by plotting the pub on our ‘Better Beer Map’.
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