Pensions
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Friday, 27 January 2012 13:40 | |
The latest Protect our Pensions Newsletter (Number 12) is available here
Further information is also available here at the LGPS website   Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:00 | |
Commenting on the TaxPayers' Alliance report released today, which wrongly calculates that £1 in every £5 in council tax goes towards local government pensions, Heather Wakefield, UNISON's head of local government, said:
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Monday, 16 January 2012 15:51 | |
10 January saw each of the Service Groups covered by the LGPS meeting to take a decision over whether UNISON should proceed with negotiations over the LGPS on the basis of the principles and timetable agreed with the Local Government Association (LGA) on 21 December 2011. Those Service Groups are Local Government, Higher Education, Water, Energy and Transport (WET), Community and Police and Justice.
Dave Prentis highlighted the fact that UNISON remains in dispute with the Coalition over its attacks on our pensions and that the ballot is still 'live'. We will not have to re-ballot at the end of negotiations if they fail. Any decision on final proposals in either the NHS or LGPS will be a decision for members, through an all-member ballot. If proposals are rejected, members will be asked whether they want to take further industrial action. He also made it clear that there will be lay member involvement in future negotiations
You can read more in the latest "Protect our Pensions" Newsletter (No 11) which you can download here Thursday, 05 January 2012 16:22 | |
The latest Protect our Pensions newsletter (Issue 10) is available here, along with a pdf version of the associated PowerPoint presentation for those who do not have Powerpoint and the original for those who do
Protect Our Pensions Newsletter No 10 |
