Irn-Bru maker AG Barr PLC (LSE:BAG) is set for a disruptive three months as workers fighting for better pay plan to stage a series of 24-hour strikes.
Trucker and shunter drivers, who are essential to the supply of the group’s products, will strike for nine days between August 11 and October 6, a statement from Unite union revealed.
An overtime ban will begin on August 8, adding to the disruption at Barr’s production and distribution centre in Cumberland.
Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Supplies of Irn-Bru could dry up in a few weeks. The company is cash rich with £52.9m chilling in the bank.
“Yet, they are offering our members a significant real terms pay cut when they can easily afford to pay more.”
The London-listed company has refused to move beyond its offer of a 5% pay increase for 2023 despite the broader RPI remaining around the 10% mark.
Shares in the drink manufacturer lifted around half a percent on Wednesday, having opened at just over 486p.