Unite members at Diageo's Cameronbridge distillery in Leven, Fife, will walk out on Monday September 28 in a dispute over jobs, with strike action due to last until just before 6am on Thursday October 15. Different groups of workers, including distillation and process controllers, distillery and machine operators, technicians, quality control analysts, process chemists and engineers, will strike on different days in a series of targeted protests. Unite believes the action will halt production at the site, which it describes as Europe's largest grain distillery and which produces millions of litres of spirit each year. The union says Diageo is to cut hundreds of jobs across Scotland as part of a global restructuring process, with dozens of roles at Cameronbridge potentially lost. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said there is no justification for slashing hundreds of jobs while the company is raking in hundreds of millions of profit, and deputy Scottish secretary Dougie Maguire warned that if Diageo fails to halt the proposals, strikes will bring production to a standstill. Diageo has been contacted for comment.
Diageo PLCStrike action at Cameronbridge distillery is expected to halt production at Europe's largest grain distillery, disrupting Diageo's supply.
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