Diageo AGM targeted by protesters
DIAGEO workers yesterday appealed to shareholders to support their cause as the firm's plan to cut hundreds of jobs was branded "corporate greed".
Shareholders arriving at the company's AGM in London were handed a letter by protesters saying the move had been described as "akin to ripping out the heart of the Scottish whisky industry".
The drinks giant is to shut its Johnnie Walker bottling plant in Kilmarnock and Port Dundas grain distillery in Glasgow, affecting 900 workers.
The letter outlined an alternative business plan, drawn up by Unite, which the union says would save money and jobs.
Bill Anderson, from the Port Dundas distillery, said the job cuts were "corporate greed, big time".
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