Fujitsu workers in North to be balloted on strike action

Members of the Unite trade union in the North employed by electronic giant Fujitsu are joining union colleagues across the UK in a ballot on industrial action, it was announced today.

The union, which represents over 1,500 of the 12,500 employed by the company, called the ballot on jobs, pay and pensions, claiming proposed pension scheme changes would reduce the total pay packets of each employee by around 20%.