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Strike days set at IT giant
WORKERS at computer giant Fujitsu are to stage six strikes in a row over job cuts, a pay freeze and pension changes.
The Unite union yesterday said the walkouts next Friday and on January 7, 8, 11, 14 and 15 will be the first national strikes in the IT sector in the UK. Sites in Wakefield and Sheffield are set to be hit.
The union is protesting against 1,000 proposed redundancies, a pay freeze and plans by the company to close the main final salary pension scheme to future staff.
Unite said a "Scrooge" protest was planned outside the firm's London offices next Friday, contrasting the treatment of staff with last year's 200m profit and money paid to two directors as "compensation for loss of office".
Unite general secretary Derek Simpson said: "Whilst we remain ready and willing to talk at any time, this further rejection of the company's position leaves no doubt – our members saying enough is enough."
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