Beer delivery workers are being balloted over industrial action that could coincide with the World Cup this winter. The major football tournament is taking place over the Christmas period this year due to it being staged in Qatar.
The festive season is always a key time for the hospitality sector but it will be even more important this year because of the World Cup taking place as well. The strikes would affect beer supplies to pubs and venues supplied by major breweries, including Heineken, Stonegate, Admiral Taverns and Shepherd Neame, The Caterer reports.
Around a thousand GXO draymen - who are responsible for approximately 40 per cent of the beer deliveries to UK pubs and venues - are being balloted for strike action until October 6 over a 5 per cent offer. The offer has been branded a "pay cut" by the Unite union who says it reduces sick pay and is "far below the 12.3 RPI rate of inflation".
