Dumbarton Chivas workers balloted on strike action over bid to freeze pay
Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Dumbarton Chivas workers are being balloted on industrial action over an attempt to freeze pay in a move dubbed “corporate greed”.GMB Scotland were set to ballot workers at the Kilmalid bottling plant yesterday (Monday) over the freeze after claims emerged that Chivas’ parent company Pernod Ricard awarded pay rises to workers in France this year.Discussions took place between the union and Chivas earlier this month but GMB say they collapsed after “management made clear that they were unwilling to lift the pay freeze”.Kei Greenaway, GMB Scotland organiser, said: “Despite the many challenges that have faced the whisky industry over the past year,