Hundreds of Ford staff in the UK are battling the car sales firm's plans to replace a pay rise with a one-off payment this year and introduce performance-related pay from 2025.

The union Unite says Ford has been "bullying" its workers who are involved in the industrial action, and it claims morale is "at an all time low".

Reuters reported last month that Ford planned yet more restructuring of its workforce in the UK, Germany and Spain, which comes after it announced in 2023 it would cut 3,800 jobs in Europe as it shifts toward electric vehicle production.

Some UK redundancies took place last month.

Leading to the pay dispute, Ford has only offered many of its office workers a non-consolidated one-off payment for 2024, rather than a pay rise, Unite said, and Ford wants to impose 100% performance related pay from 2025.

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