Industrial action

Government signs over civil service pensions to private-sector mutual; Teachers in strike threat

University staff have voted to strike later this month over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the University and College Union says.

Unite has issued details of the legal action it is taking against Ford over the pensions advice it gave to former employees.

Workers on the London Docklands Light Railway have voted to strike over the closure of the final salary pension scheme to new entrants.

The ongoing pensions dispute between BBC and unions looks set to end after the National Union of Journalists has agreed to terms secured at ACAS.

The BBC is meeting joint union officials at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service today to clarify a final point in its pension reform proposals.

The BBC has confirmed it will use Friends Provident to run a defined contribution scheme for new members.

The National Union of Journalists has offered to suspend further strikes at the BBC after the broadcaster offered new talks in the dispute over pensions.

The BBC is facing a "winter of growing discontent" over proposed changes to the pension scheme, cuts and jobs, the National Union of Journalists warns.

FRANCE - President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced plans to amend France's pension reform to prevent parents who interrupt their careers to raise children from being penalised.