Unionised workers at Edrington are voting on strike action after managers changed their working week without agreement.

GMB Scotland said engineers supporting the Speyside operations of the distillery group will begin voting on 5 September, after a new shift pattern was imposed despite widespread concerns.

They are based at the Macallan Distillery in Craigellachie, but also cover Glenrothes Distillery in Rothes and Parkmore in Dufftown.

The team, which had worked a four-day week for two years at the suggestion of management, has already unanimously backed industrial action in a consultative ballot, claiming the changes will mean working more days and being on-call longer for no extra pay.

A consultation over the changes began in January, but management brought in new rotas last month,

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