Dairy Crest’s plans to close its final-salary pension scheme to new employees has angered the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G).
The union is now considering the possibility of industrial action to prevent the company pushing ahead with proposals.
The dairy-to-doorstep company said that its more lucrative final-salary scheme would be withdrawn for new employees from 6 April in favour of a money-purchase scheme, citing soaring liabilities.
More than three-quarters of the T&G’s 2,000 members at Dairy Crest backed a recent consultative ballot in favour of a strike.
The union confirmed this brings strike action to coincide with the company’s planned start date for the pension changes a step nearer.
The T&G is currently requesting a three-month extension before the changes are brought into effect, to give it time to scrutinise Dairy Crest’s proposals.
