Union claims solid support for BMW strike
A 24-hour strike by BMW workers in the UK received solid support, the union organising the industrial action has said.
The strike, which halted production at the Hams Hall engine plant, as well as a body panels factory in Swindon and the MINI production facility in Cowley, was staged in protest against the German company’s decision of close its final salary pension scheme at the end of May.
The Unite union said hundreds of workers had mounted picket lines outside the various factories.
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