Union leader Derek Simpson said sweeping reforms are needed right now.

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Derek Simpson, Amicus General Secretary, said workers who had lost their pensions should be compensated retrospectively.

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But Unite's joint general secretary Derek Simpson said he was "not at all optimistic".

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Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite, told BBC Breakfast that besides this dispute there was a "wider problem" to address.

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