Vote Yes for new pension scheme and recruit a friend
NewPensions ballot: Ballot papers will be dispatched
to members on 3 March 2008 and the ballot will
close on 21 March 2008. If a UNISON member has
not received a ballot paper, or members have lost their
paper, please contact the ballot helpline by 18 March
2008. Either phone 0131 226 0096 or email membershipteamscotland@unison.co.uk.
Evidence of UNISON membership will be required.
Also enclosed with the ballot paper will be a‘recruit a friend’ leaflet . At a time when
quality pension schemes are under attack from employers
there can be few better examples of the benefits of UNISON
membership.
Scotland Pensions talks
At 10 May, Further talks were due directly with the minister.
Look out for details on the website. The unions met the
Scottish employers and the Scottish Executive on 21 April,
25 April and 3 May. They centred mainly on legal issues
but the unions and CoSLA made it clear that they stood
by their view that the ‘Rule of 85’ was not in breach
of the European Directive on age equality, backed up by
legal advice.
Review of public sector pension schemes:
UNISON factsheet
Why public service workers are angry about their pensions
- a UNISON factsheet on the review of the public sector
pension schemes. Acrobat
PDF version (UK Website)
UNISON rebuttal to the government's
arguments on the public sector pension schemes
Includes arguments general to all the public sector schemes
and arguments specific to the Local Government Pension
Scheme. Acrobat PDF
version (UK Website)
Public services pensions lobby: PowerPoint
presentation
Details UNISON's arguments to government regarding the
future of our pensions, put to MPs at a TUC lobby on 16
November 2004. Download PowerPoint
file (UK Website)
Scotland's
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