Trade union members at Diageo’s Leven, Cameronbridge and Shieldhall plants have voted for strike action, with Unite Scotland warning that operations could “grind to a halt” as a result. Members of trade union GMB Scotland working for Diageo have also voted for strike action.
In July 2019, members of both trade unions, GMB and Unite Scotland, rejected Diageo’s improved pay offer of 2.8% for its 1,500 Diageo employees, arguing that this would see its members worse off than in real terms. Workers had called the offer of a pay raise insulting – especially considering Diageo’s profits…