Don't 'delete' our pay and pensions
25th January 2010
Unite representatives from key Fujitsu sites around the UK will
attend a parliamentary lobby on Wednesday, 27th January to
highlight their jobs, pay and pensions’ plight to MPs.
When: Wednesday, 27th January 2010, 10 am
Where: Parliament Square, Westminster
Fujitsu’s staff have been challenging up to 100 remaining
compulsory redundancies expected at the firm by the end of this
week and a pay freeze imposed last year. They are also angry at
plans by the company to close the main final salary pension scheme
to future accrual, reducing the total pay package of each affected
employee by typically around 20 per cent.
The workers will carry placards bearing the message “Don’t
delete our jobs” and “Don’t crash our pensions”.
Peter Skyte, Unite national officer for the IT sector, said:
"These workers are saying enough is enough. We're coming to
Westminster to impress upon parliament that Fujitsu should not be
using cuts to employees' jobs, pay and pensions in the UK as a cash
cow to boost the profits of the company worldwide.
"We urge Fujitsu now to work with us on settling this dispute in
the interests of the company, the workforce and our members."
Unite has also announced that an Early Day Motion
(EDM
646) has been tabled by Tony Lloyd MP in the House of Commons
in support of the Fujitsu workers.
Fujitsu employs around 11,500 people in the UK. Fujitsu’s main
sites are at Bracknell, Stevenage, Manchester, Crewe, Belfast,
Staines, Basingstoke, Wakefield, Sheffield, Solihull, Telford,
Swansea, Slough, Lewes, Warrington, Cardiff, Londonderry, Bristol,
Newcastle and London.
ENDS
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