HUNDREDS of brewery workers who produce top-selling brands such as Stella Artois are to be balloted on industrial action in a dispute over bargaining rights.
Union members at Belgian company Interbrew will vote during the next few weeks following a dispute about bargaining over redundancies, work transfers, pensions and plant closures.
The company provoked an outcry with its recent announcement that the Boddingtons brewery in Manchester was to close.
Workers in South Wales, Lancashire, and Glasgow will be among those balloted.
Brian Revell, national officer of the Transport and General Workers Union, said: ''For too long, the company has been able to determine national issues without taking account of the interests of the workforce."
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