Unilever employees to strike over axing of final salary scheme

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Workers at Unilever have voted to strike in protest over plans to scrap the firm's final salary pension scheme and replace it with career average arrangements.

Members of the Unite union yesterday voted overwhelmingly for industrial action - 85% supported a strike, with 92% calling for action short of a walkout. The union said this meant a strike would...

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