Fujitsu Deal To Go To Ballot

Ballot On Fujitsu Deal

Unite is to ballot members on proposals from Fujitsu to settle the long running dispute.

The proposals were made via ACAS, where Fujitsu and Unite have been in talks since 1st February.

Although full details of the proposals have not revealed, Fujitsu said the number of compulsory redundancies had been reduced to 23.

When ACAS talks began Fujitsu was targeting 42 compulsory redundancies by the end of February by the end of February.

In total, Fujitsu initially planned 834 redundancies, 586 of which were voluntary.

Unite is asking members to vote on these proposals with a recommendation that they accept them

The outcome of the vote is expected at the end of February, when "The company will review the situation again at the end of February," a spokesman said.

Unite has suspended all industrial action while the ballottakes place.

Over the last two months, the dispute has become increasingly bitter, with the company seeking to bring costs down to what it claimed were those of its rivals.