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Support the Fujitsu workers fight
Written by Mark Pickersgill, Stevenage Socialist Party (England & Wales) Monday, 11 January 2010 00:00
Thousands of Fujitsu workers across Britain and Northern Ireland are involved in a major fight against attacks on pay, pensions and jobs.
On 18th December thousands of workers at multi-national IT firm Fujitsu took part in the first strike in Britain and Northern Ireland in the IT industry. Workers have voted overwhelmingly to fight vicious attacks on jobs, pay and pensions with 75% voting for strike action. Fujitsu workers are forced to take strike action because of plans to sack 1,000 workers, against a pay freeze introduced last year and against the ending of the main final salary pension scheme to future accrual, which will result in a 20% in pay. Workers returned to strike action on 7th January and 8th January after talks broke down before the Xmas break. Fujitsu Services made £200m profits last year, and its parent company raised more than $900m from a share sale, breaking its earnings target
Support the Nortel Workers
Written by Administrator Wednesday, 26 August 2009 00:23
Nortel workers deserve the support of all workers and trade unions in their battle for justice. These workers have been treated like dirt by the fat cat bosses of this highly profitable multi-national company. More than two hundred workers have been sacked across the UK, with barely any notice, without any redundancy payments, no stautory notice payouts and have had their pensions stolen by the company.
