Irish journalists hail pensions court decision

a href="http://www.nuj.org.uk/">Journalists in Ireland have greeted a decision by the Irish Labour Court that a proposal by the employers' body, the Regional Newspapers Association of Ireland, to wind up the defined benefit scheme is unjustified. The court also recommended an increase in the employer and employee contributions to pension funds. Des Fagan, the Irish organiser for the National Union of Journalists, said the union's opposition to the plans - backed up a threat to strike by 82% of members - had been vindicated. (Via nuj.org.uk)