Emergency talks to avert pensions strikes - papers 23 September

THE CONFEDERATION of British Industry is in emergency talks with the National Association of Pension Funds and other pensions groups to avert a winter of discontent brought on by the demise of final salary schemes across many industries. The FT says the move comes as trades unions threaten to strike over the issue of final salary schemes being shut, while the government continues to oppose including pensions in defined benefits under collective bargaining. The CBI could see its members face a wave of strikes by employees who are members of big unions such as Amicus and Usdaw, ...