When you’re out with friends on a beautiful summer Thursday night in Minneapolis, supporting good union jobs might not be the first thing that comes to mind. At the Netroots Nation conference, we’re working to change that. One glass of beer at a time.

Here at the conference, all you have to do is take actions that support workers’ rights, like signing up for Working America, the AFL-CIO’s community affiliate, and taking our Real or Not quiz, to get free union-made beer to wash down your union-made Pop-Tarts (distributed at the Alliance for American Manufacturing booth).

Today, I washed down my frosted brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts (made by the United Steelworkers) with two excellent union-made beers: Schell’s Zommerfest from New Ulm, Minn., a local farming community just under two hours from Minneapolis, and Leinenkugel’s, from Chippewa Falls, Wis.

Wish you were here? Well, you’ll soon be able to sign up for Netroots Nation 2012. But until then, I’d recommend you sample these great union-made beers.