Unite will stage a demonstration at the BrewDog Bar at Union Square in Aberdeen city centre on Wednesday 25th February at 18:45.
This demonstration has been called in response to the treatment of workers before and during the ongoing sale process at BrewDog, amid reports that the company is being prepared for sale to the highest bidder.
The dispute centres on the lack of consultation, the abandonment of the real living wage, widespread bar closures, and the slashing of contracted hours — all of which Unite says have left workers paying the price for decisions taken at the top of the business.
Recent press coverage has confirmed that BrewDog is exploring options for the future of the company, including a potential sale, following years of cuts, closures and worker uncertainty.
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18:45 – Wednesday 25th February
BrewDog Bar
Union Square
Aberdeen
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: This sale is the result of years of catastrophic mismanagement — prioritising private equity returns over workers and a sustainable business.
“You cannot talk about restructuring without recognising the real people whose rent, food bills and childcare depend on these jobs.

Bryan Simpson, National Lead – Unite Hospitality, has said: “This is the collapse of a brand once sold to customers as anti-establishment, now being auctioned to the highest bidder while workers and small investors are left to pick up the pieces.

“Workers have already paid the price with the abandonment of the real living wage, widespread bar closures, and now slashed hours.

“We demand clarity on job security and what protections will be put in place for workers and we will use every industrial and legal lever available to defend our members and secure what they are owed.”
Dennis Ellis - a pseudonym for a real Aberdeen-based BrewDog worker unable to reveal their identity, said: “Yet again, workers across BrewDog have been left in the dark about what is happening with this sale. We found out at the same time as the press and have had one meeting with the CEO in which he said “there will be two weeks of uncertainty’ with no clarity about what happens thereafter.
“Our hours have been cut from 32 hours to 24 hours a week, despite being on full time contracts. That’s a loss of roughly £400 a month — during a cost-of-living crisis.
“This sale process - and the distinct lack of consultation from the company - simply deepens the insecurity workers have been living with.”
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BrewDog workers have repeatedly been left without meaningful consultation and are demanding transparency over the sale process, guarantees over jobs and contracted hours, and a commitment to restore the real living wage.
Unite will provide substantial and unconditional support to members throughout this dispute, alongside wider support from Unite across Scotland.
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Notes to Editor
For media enquiries please contact Bryan Simpson on 07891 118390 or bryan.simpson@unitetheunion.org
Unite Scotland is the country’s biggest and most diverse trade union with around 150,000 members.