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| Fujitsu warned of pension strikes | Fujitsu warned of pension strikes |
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| A union has warned of strike action at Japanese electronics firm Fujitsu over plans to cut pension payments to its UK staff and impose a pay freeze. | A union has warned of strike action at Japanese electronics firm Fujitsu over plans to cut pension payments to its UK staff and impose a pay freeze. |
| Fujitsu, which employs 12,500 people in the UK, announced plans this week to cut up to 1,200 jobs and replace its final-salary pension. | Fujitsu, which employs 12,500 people in the UK, announced plans this week to cut up to 1,200 jobs and replace its final-salary pension. |
| The Unite union said 87% of its members taking part in a consultative ballot had voted in favour of strike action. | |
| The firm declined to comment on the warning while consultations went on. | |
| Unite said that if the pensions proposal went ahead, employees would be dismissed when the consultation period ends in September, and offered new contracts with the new pension arrangements. | Unite said that if the pensions proposal went ahead, employees would be dismissed when the consultation period ends in September, and offered new contracts with the new pension arrangements. |
| It said some 4,000 pension scheme members would be hit by the company's plans, adding: "The union estimates that the proposed pension scheme change would reduce the total pay package of each employee by at least 15%." | |
| Unite national officer Peter Skyte said: "Fujitsu Services is not struggling or failing. It is a highly profitable and successful company but one which is seeking to take advantage of the recession to attack jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. | Unite national officer Peter Skyte said: "Fujitsu Services is not struggling or failing. It is a highly profitable and successful company but one which is seeking to take advantage of the recession to attack jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. |
| "Our members are insisting that the company should pay fairly and provide decent pensions for all its employees. | "Our members are insisting that the company should pay fairly and provide decent pensions for all its employees. |
| "Following the announcement of 1,200 redundancies, they are now calling for the issue of job cuts to be included in any ballot for formal industrial action." | "Following the announcement of 1,200 redundancies, they are now calling for the issue of job cuts to be included in any ballot for formal industrial action." |
| The company has 26 Information Technology (IT) services offices in England, Wales and Scotland. | The company has 26 Information Technology (IT) services offices in England, Wales and Scotland. |
| Those in England are in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bolton, Bracknell, Bristol, Crewe, Exeter, London, Lytham St Annes, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Slough, Solihull, Staines, Stevenage, Wakefield, Warrington, Warwick and Winnersh. | Those in England are in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bolton, Bracknell, Bristol, Crewe, Exeter, London, Lytham St Annes, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Slough, Solihull, Staines, Stevenage, Wakefield, Warrington, Warwick and Winnersh. |
| In Wales there are offices in Cardiff and Swansea and in Scotland in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. | In Wales there are offices in Cardiff and Swansea and in Scotland in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. |
| The company also has premises in Belfast and Londonderry, in Northern Ireland. | The company also has premises in Belfast and Londonderry, in Northern Ireland. |