Last month M&C Report revealed that a number of employees entered a 90-day consultation period as part of a modernisation programme.
A spokesman said today: “Since July 2012, Molson Coors has been engaged in discussions with Unite representatives with the purpose of identifying opportunities to save costs and increase flexibility to enable Burton Brewery and Shobnall Maltings to compete in a declining beer industry and challenging economic environment.
“The proposals cover potential changes to organisational structures, terms and conditions of employment as well as flexible ways of working. This, alongside the investment we are making into the brewery itself, builds a sustainable future for brewing in Burton.
“Potential changes to terms and conditions of employment do include proposals for moving to a different working structure in certain areas of Burton Brewery. This is aligned to skills and capabilities required in role and may potentially impact on individuals pay. This is an area that will be discussed during the consultation process.”
He added: “Over the last couple of days we have been speaking to those that work at Burton Brewery & Shobnall Maltings to explain to them what we are proposing to change. We take our obligations in relation to consultation extremely seriously and over the period of consultation, we will engage both the Unite Union and their representatives to investigate ways in which we could reach agreement.
“We intend to commence discussions as soon as is reasonably practical. Whilst these discussions are on-going, we won’t provide further commentary; we believe it is better to talk through proposals with our people before commenting in public.”