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| Fujitsu staff in three-day strike | Fujitsu staff in three-day strike |
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| Staff at Japanese technology firm Fujitsu are to go on strike for three days from Thursday. | Staff at Japanese technology firm Fujitsu are to go on strike for three days from Thursday. |
| The strike is over job cuts, a pay freeze and pension changes. Last year the IT services unit of Fujitsu said it would cut up to 1,200 jobs in the UK. | The strike is over job cuts, a pay freeze and pension changes. Last year the IT services unit of Fujitsu said it would cut up to 1,200 jobs in the UK. |
| One hundred and fifty staff in Northern Ireland will be on strike. | |
| Workers at the north of England's headquarters in Risley near Warrington and the sites in Manchester and Crewe have also walked out. | |
| A Unite spokesman said that weather permitting, staff would also form picket lines outside the company's buildings. | |
| The company employs 700 people in two offices in Northern Ireland - one in Belfast, the other in Londonderry. | |
| Staff at Fujitsu held a one-day strike in December. | Staff at Fujitsu held a one-day strike in December. |
| They will stage further strike action on 14 and 15 January. | They will stage further strike action on 14 and 15 January. |