REFILE-UK Ford workers to be balloted over strike action
January 27, 2014 at 09:29 AM EST
By Costas Pitas LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest union, Unite, said on Monday it is to ballot 5,000 workers for strike action at car manufacturer Ford in a row over job security and pensions. Workers, mainly on the production line at Ford's six sites across Britain, will be asked whether they want to down tools in a bid to seek guarantees from the firm that there will be no more plant closures and that jobs in Britain will be protected. Last year, Ford closed its British