Fears over heatwave 'beer drought' as brewery workers stage walkout over pay
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBrits could be facing a 'beer drought' as temperatures soar across the UK this weekend. Budweiser workers at a Lancashire factory plan to stage a walk-out from today in a dispute over pay.
Workers are planning to strike for 36-hours over a three per cent pay offer. The GMB Union says staff at the Samlesbury site, which is where popular beers including Stella Artois, Budweiser, Boddingtons and Export Pale Ale are brewed, are suffering a massive real terms pay cut in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.
Workers, who have already walked out several times in June over the pay dispute, will down tools for 36 hours from Saturday at 7pm until Monday at 7am - with a further 12-hour stoppage on Tuesday, July 19. READ MORE: Friday night pub quiz: Test your general knowledge with these 20 questions - July 15 Stephen Boden, GMB organiser, said: ‘’This strike is the last thing anyone wants - a beer drought in the middle of a heatwave is no one’s idea of fun.
But our members are being taken for a ride and it’s not good enough. ‘’A massive real terms pay cut in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis is downright cruel.
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