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Wages. Job security. And of course, beer. Its all on the table in an ongoing tug-of-war between Anheuser-Busch and its some 5,000 union employees in 12 plants across the country, including the 189 in the companys iconic Newark factory all of whom are threatening to strike next week if a labor agreement cant be met. We have not received a last, best, and final offer from the company and there are no negotiation dates set, said Kara Deniz, a spokesperson for the Teamsters union, which represents brewers, packagers, maintenance workers and others at the plants. The current Teamsters agre