Shopfloor shift staff at a Bridge of Allan factory fear they could lose their jobs to zero-hours contract workers following a round of redundancies.Management at Guala Closures UCP in Steuart Road, which makes caps for whisky bottles and employs around 300 people, told staff of their proposal to shed about 45 jobs by letter earlier this month.The 30-day consultation started on Monday (June 22).Multinational Guala Closures bought United Closures and Plastics in 2018 for £19.1m.In the letter staff were told that UCP made “a considerable financial loss” in the first quarter of this year.
According to management, the lack of demand for the ‘Midas’ bottle closure made at the Bridge of Allan plant is “unprecedented”.The factory’s general manager.