13th Sep 2019 09:54
(Alliance News) - Trade unions are demanding a 5% pay rise from drinks maker Diageo PLC for its workers in Scotland due to go on strike later in September, Reuters reported late Thursday.
The news agency - citing a source familiar with the matter - said the Unite and GMB unions have "never" agreed to settle for a 3.5% wage increase, with their previous 5% demand remaining in place.
A spokeswoman for Diageo previously asserted the two unions - who represent half of the 3,000 workers the FTSE 100 firm has in Scotland - initially asked for a 5% boost in May, but have since come down to 3.5%.
Members of the Unite and GMB union working for Diageo in Scotland are set to go on a rolling strike between next Tuesday and September 27.
The strike is estimated by unions to be set to cost the firm GBP1 million.
In late August, the unions rejected an offer by Diageo to increase wages by 2.8% after previously spurning a 2.5% offer by the Johnnie Walker whisky maker.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-diageo-strike/diageo-unions-demand-5-pay-rise-as-they-prepare-for-strikes-source-idUSKCN1VX2HO
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