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UK: Unite and Ineos on the Grangemouth pensions dispute "A meeting was held in London today (29 April 2008) between Ineos and the Joint General Secretaries of Unite, Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley. "It was a constructive and meaningful discussion and ended in a proposal that will be considered by the company and the union in the coming days with a view to finding a resolution to the pension’s dispute." History - Unite protested that Ineos, the company that owns the Grangemouth plant, had sent a letter to all workers telling them that the pension scheme will close on 1 August. Furthermore, the company had employed incendiary tactics to seek to exacerbate rather than settle a dispute including misleading the media about how much Grangemouth workers earn and the company of misleading the Grangemouth workers themselves about the pension scheme’... |