Overview
- About 90 Unite members at Diageo’s Belfast can‑packaging facility will strike from December 5 to 13 after rejecting a pay offer.
- Workers are seeking a substantial rise to close an estimated 20–25% pay gap with colleagues at Diageo’s Runcorn site.
- Unite warns of severe disruption and a possible Guinness 0.0 drought, while Diageo says supplies of Guinness and Guinness 0.0 will not be affected.
- Reporting clarifies the Marshall Road site handles canning rather than brewing, challenging claims it is the world’s biggest producer of Guinness 0.0.
- Union leaders cite Diageo’s more than $2.5 billion in annual net profit as they press for a better deal, and a new Kildare site is due early next year to expand zero‑variant capacity.