Chivas Brothers workers across Scotland vote for strike action

Unite Scotland has today (10 May) confirmed that its membership at Chivas Brothers across Scotland have voted 'emphatically' for strike action by 82% on a 62% turnout. The industrial action ballot follows the rejection of an offer, equivalent to a pay freeze, by Unite's hundreds of members at the company's Kilmalid, Strathclyde Grain Distillery, Southern Operations and Northern Operations. Strike action is now set to begin from the end of May unless Chivas Brothers return to the negotiating table with an improved offer. Chivas Brothers employs around 1,600 workers in Scotland.