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Three strikes of two hours over pensions changes will be staged on 8 September, followed by three further four hour walkouts on 15 September, the GMB union announced. A week later, members will strike for 24 hours from 0600 BST on 22 September. AstraZeneca said it was “disappointed” at the news.

GMB said that dates for industrial action were not yet confirmed but will be set later this week unless the pharmaceuticals giant reopens negotiations over planned changes to its pension scheme.

Over 600 GMB members employed by AstraZeneca, the giant multi-national drugs company, at its manufacturing site at Macclesfield in Cheshire, are holding a strike ballot over changes to their pension scheme.

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