IRELAND - Some 400 regional and local newspaper employees are to be balloted for strike action by Amicus, the UK's largest private sector union, for strike action over plans by their industry body - the Irish Master Printers Association (IMPA) - to wind up their final salary pension scheme.
The IMPA plans to close the industry’s defined benefit pension scheme and replace it with a defined contribution scheme before the end of the year. The association says a funding shortfall is behin...
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