Staff at the European Central Bank have called their first ever strike, in a protest over planned changes to their pension scheme.
A 90-minute warning strike will take place on June 3, just as the ECB's 22-strong governing council arrives in Frankfurt for its regular monthly interest rate policy-setting meeting. The ECB said it would ensure essential central banking activities were maintained during the protest action.
Staff at European institutions are generally regarded as enjoying good benefits as well as job security. But the strike marks a heightening of the tension between the ECB council and staff organisations over reforms to the bank's pension scheme aimed at avoiding future funding gaps.
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