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Nissan is branded ‘opportunist’ as Sunderland workers face final salary pension closure. The proposed pension changes have been branded as “disappointing” and “opportunistic” by a union leader.

Andrew Baker:

You should be grateful that you have a good job to go to. If any company looks at its books and finds that they have to make changes in order to carry on then these things must be done. Unions have had their day, look at the damage they done during the 70's and 80's.

Gary Jennings:

Our final salary pension was frozen 4 years ago. From that date it is a defined pension (average earnings from that date till retirement). A lot of people have their financial plans made out on what was promised IE paying off mortgage when retirement comes. It’s come at a bad time announced while people are furloughed.

Christine Wilkinson:

The thing is most people have worked all there life and rely on a good pension shame on you Nissan

Davey Warrener:

Final salary pensions were killed off once Labour chancellor Gordon Brown started the raid on pension funds

Ian Williams:

What they still have a final salary pension scheme? Good for them that it's lasted so long.

Richard Anthony:

I always thought that there that an existing scheme can't actually be changed once it's been started. New employees however can be put on a different scheme. Maybe that's another protection that's been taken away under the radar.

Michael Johnson:

Par for the course these days, they are losing money hand over fist.

Shaun Clanfield:

Nissan trying to flex its power to get a better tax deal

Marie-Therese Brady:

Most companies have already done this

Andrew Topping:

It's nothing to do with the final salary pension scheme, it's to do with the fall in demand for diesel