Unite demands pensions justice for Visteon's former
workers
9 September 2009
Unite, Britain's biggest union, has today (Wednesday, 9th
September) vowed to use all legal means to get pensions justice for
the former Visteon workers who lost their jobs when the company
went into administration earlier this year.
Speaking following a mass rally of Visteon workers held in
London today Unite's joint general secretary, Tony Woodley, said:
"Unite stood by Visteon workers in the fight for fair redundancy
payments when the company went into administration and the union
will not abandon Visteon workers fighting for pensions justice.
"Ford made copper-bottomed promises to the workers before they
were transferred to Visteon and we intend to hold them to those
promises.
"Unite is calling for an urgent meeting with the Chairman of
Ford and has already asked the governments’ pensions regulator to
investigate whether there was inappropriate behaviour that sees
thousands of workers having to go into the Pensions Protection
Fund."
Earlier this year, Visteon UK went into administration with
nearly 1000 workers at Basildon, Enfield and Belfast losing their
jobs. Following a sustained campaign and sit-ins held by workers a
fair redundancy settlement was reached.
Now Unite is fighting for pensions justice for 3000 former
workers affected. The governments’ Pension Protection Fund will
only cover a proportion of these workers' pensions and Unite
believes the taxpayer should not have to pick up the bill when Ford
made firm commitments to protect the workers' terms and conditions
on transfer to Visteon.
ENDS
Contact Ciaran Naidoo 07768 931315
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