Carling workers to strike over pay cut dispute

Posted on 29 May 2013 by The Manufacturer

Employees at Burton-on-Trent's Molson Coors brewery have voted overwhelmingly for strike action after 455 staff were told they faced being sacked and reinstated on inferior pay and conditions.

The workers voted 97% in favour of industrial action over management proposals from Britain’s biggest brewery, which include cutting the wages of 184 brewery technicians by up to £9,000-a-year. Rick Coyle, union Unite’s officer for the West Midlands region, said the strike action illustrates the strength of feeling towards the company from its workforce. Unite…

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