Creature Comforts employees announce they're forming a union: Photos

Linque Franqa performers at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The show was organized to celebrate the announcement of the unionization of Creature Comforts and the creation of The Brewing Union of Georgia.

Fans and union supporters fill the courtyard at Little Kings Shuffle Club to watch Linque Franqa perform in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The show was organized to celebrate the announcement of the unionization of Creature Comforts and the creation of The Brewing Union of Georgia.

Creature Comforts employee and union member Katie Britton announces that the brewery's employee's are forming a union during a Linque Franqa show at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. "Creature is a big part of this community and this community is a really big part of Creature. And as a company we've made a commitment to make the community better by being in it and I think that what we're doing is really going to do so," said Britton.

Creature Comforts employee and union member Katie Britton speaks during a Linque Franqa show at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. "Just for a little background on me, I have been personally invested in Creature since day one," said Britton. "My husband who is also my coworker were first in line on opening day and we continue to be in support of the brand ever since him going to work there first then me joining."

Union supporters celebrate while Creature Comforts employee and union member Katie Britton speaks about the brewery employees decision to form a union at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.

Georgia state Rep. Spencer Frye celebrates with union supporters after Creature Comforts employees and union member Katie Britton announced the formation of a union during a show at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The show was organized to celebrate the announcement of the unionization of Creature Comforts and the creation of The Brewing Union of Georgia.

Creature Comforts employee and union member Katie Britton speak about the decision to unionize during a Linque Franqa show at Little Kings Shuffle Club in downtown Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. "We want to start something amazing and we want it to ... live on," said Britton, "and the union is not meant to call out Creature."