beer - trouble brewing
WORKERS, JAN 2005 ISSUE
Strike action from Manchester, Northampton and Scottish breweries is set to accompany the run-up to Christmas and the New Year.
Boddingtons, Carlsberg, and Scottish and Newcastle brewers are all intent on introducing two-tier workforce employment practices, and/or transferring production to non-organised breweries or abroad. Boddingtons, "The Cream of Manchester", has already proposed closing its city-centre brewery. The Transport and General Workers Union has been registering significant strike votes across the three employers.