Unilever's UK pension dispute

Workers at Unilever sites throughout the UK are holding industrial action to protest at plans to change the company's pension scheme. Staff and unions argue the reforms are unnecessary; the consumer goods giant disagrees and vows to press ahead.

UK: Unilever agrees to union talks over pension changes

3 February 2012

Unilever is set to meet again with union officials to discuss moves to change the company's UK pension scheme, plans that have enraged staff and led to a series of strikes.

UK: Pension trustees back Unilever reforms

23 January 2012

The trustees of Unilever's UK pension fund have agreed to the company's plans to change the scheme, despite a series of strikes at its factories across the country.

Unilever compared to Willie Walsh as strikes begin

18 January 2012

Workers at six Unilever sites today (18 January) held industrial action around the UK in the latest protests against the company's reform to its pension scheme - and the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate was compared to perhaps the bete noire of the country's union movement in recent years.

Workers take pension protests to Unilever's front door

10 January 2012

On the north bank of the Thames, Unilever's London HQ has been the home of the consumer goods giant for almost 90 years. Today, on a mild but grey Tuesday afternoon in January, it formed the backdrop for the latest instalment of what is likely to be one of the most dispiriting episodes in the company's history.