Guinness fans might have just one thing on their Christmas lists as workers at the pub favourite’s Belfast site have voted to strike.

At least 90 workers will join the picket lines from December 5 until the early hours of December 13.

They are demanding that Diageo, which owns Guinness, closes the ‘pay gap’ with employees at its Runcorn site in Cheshire.

Trade union Unite said the UK is now facing a Guinness Zero drought this Christmas. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: ‘Diageo is one of the largest and most profitable drinks companies in the world.

‘It can fully afford to make workers a decent offer but has chosen to put profits before people.’

Regional officer Michael Keenan added that the strike action will ‘severely disrupt production lines’ in the run-up to Christmas.

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