Unite condemns Fujitsu pension scheme closure announcement
14th May 2009
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has condemned the proposal
announced today by Fujitsu Services in the UK, to close the final
salary pension scheme.
Some 4000 employees who are in the defined benefit pension plan
have begun receiving letters from the company informing them that
Fujitsu Services proposes to close it, and is starting a 90-day
consultation process.
It comes in the wake of no payment of bonus in 2008, the
announcement of a pay freeze in 2009, and a myriad of other
attempts to reduce employee conditions, including attacking the
provision to attend medical appointments in work time and cutting
‘out of hours’ payments.
Peter Skyte, Unite national officer, said: “Fujitsu Services is
a highly profitable company and made £177 million profit in the
last financial year.
“The company has yet to produce any proper justification for
this latest attempt to raise profits by cutting pension benefits,
and this action may hinder future bids for blue chip private sector
outsourcing contracts.
“We will be mounting a robust campaign to persuade the company
to think again.”
ENDS
For more information contact: Peter Skyte on 077689 313 02 or
Mark Di-Toro in the Unite Press office on 07918 640 579
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