Strike threat to Christmas lager supplies
British production workers at lager giant Carlsberg are to stage a 16-day strike in a row over pay which union leaders claimed today would hit supplies in the run-up to Christmas.
Members of the Transport and General Workers’ Union at the company’s brewery in Northampton will walk out from December 1 and could take further industrial action in the New Year.
The strike by up to 180 workers follows a vote in favour of action after the failure of talks to resolve a dispute over pay and restructuring.
Jackie Williams, the union’s regional organiser, said the company was trying to impose a pay freeze on the workers which was “simply unacceptable”.
She added that similar restructuring at Carlsberg’s brewery in Leeds had only increased pay for half the workers.
“A 16-day strike shows our people are determined to fight back. They have seen the future as shown by the Leeds brewery and refused to follow it.”
The union said it would consider calling a further 16-day strike in early January if the dispute is not resolved.
