Diageo plays down Guinness shortage as strike planned for Belfast
Workers have voted to strike at Diageo’s production plant in Belfast but the drinks giant insists there will be no shortages of Guinness ahead of Christmas. Unite claimed today (28 November) that the Belfast site produces the zero-alcohol variant of Guinness as it announced around 90 workers have agreed to walk out for eight days from 5 December, what the union said was a response to an “inadequate pay offer”. Despite Unite’s claims, Just Drinks understands that the Belfast facility at Marshalls Road doe ...