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Daniel Morrow

Punters warned of 'summer beer drought' amid Budweiser and Stella Artois brewery strike

Union officials have warned of a 'summer beer drought' after brewery workers voted in favour of full strike action amid a dispute over pay.

The GMB union said that 225 of its members and workers at the BBG Samlesbury site, near Preston, voted to take the action over claims of a real terms pay cut.

Bosses at the brewery, which produces the likes Budweiser, Stella Artois and Becks, offered workers a three per cent increase for 2022 and a three per cent increase for 2023.

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