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Sorry - this page has been removed. UK unions threaten joint strike over Tata Steel pension scheme
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. Indian steel-making company Tata Steel has failed to reach a deal with UK unions over plans to change the British pension scheme.
Unions GMB, Community, Ucatt and Unite said in a joint statement earlier this week that they will start balloting around 17,000 members over strike action from 6 May, a day before the general election.
For further information, please contact: Should a strike go ahead, it would be one of the biggest in Britain since the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
In response to a query from the Indian stock exchange, Tata Steel said: “The negotiations ... have concluded without support from the trade unions on proposed modifications to the (pension) scheme.”
The unions accuse Tata of not taking up their offer to re-enter discussions about the pension scheme.
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of Community, said: “Our members are determined to stand up for their pension and therefore we have no option but to proceed to an industrial action ballot in May.”