Financial Times journalists have voted to strike in a dispute over proposed changes to the newspaper’s pension policy, reports Mark Sweney of The Guardian.
Sweney writes, “Almost 92% of members of the National Union of Journalists who participated in the ballot voted in favour of taking industrial action.
“There was a 66% member turnout for the ballot, which closed at midday on Thursday.
“The move follows plans by Nikkei, which is expected to complete its £844m takeover of the FT Group at the end of the month, to end the final-salary pension scheme.
“The NUJ, which has branded the move a ‘pension robbery’, claim that the new arrangements will deplete the pension by £4m in a cost-saving move by Nikkei.”
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