Unite

Food giant Unilever has been labelled a "modern day Scrooge" after it withdrew the offer of a £15 Sainsbury's Christmas voucher for workers protesting changes to their pensions.

More than two million public sector workers, including local government pension scheme members, are staging a 24-hour walk out today over Lord Hutton's pension reform proposals.

Cabinet ministers' pensions remain generous while public sector workers face cuts to their benefits, Unite the union claims.

Unite, the largest UK trade union, has voted in favour of strikes against public sector pension cuts on 30 November.

Ford has clashed with unions over plans to shut its UK defined benefit scheme to new members.

Union bosses have accused Remploy of planning to wind-up its defined benefit scheme after documents suggested trustees were seeking to pay off its deficit.

RMT will join other unions, including GMB, Unite and Unison, in balloting for strike action over changes to public sector pensions.

Trade unions this morning declared war on government pension policy after three of the country's biggest unions confirmed 1.65 million workers would move to strike in November over public sector pensions.

UK - Unions have walked away from a consultation by Unilever on plans to move all final salary members into career average, making strike action at the firm "very likely", an official says.

Unions have walked away from a consultation by Unilever on plans to move all final salary members into career average, making strike action at the firm "very likely", an official says.