The Chancellor claimed that the Autumn Statement was a slight fiscal tightening – in other words, that predicted income resulting from the policies announced would slightly exceed predicted expenditure. I blogged yesterday about the considerable uncertainty surrounding the budget contribution the…Read more…
Join the Pension Scheme Revolt against Executive Greed at BG Group
I have just contacted my own pension schemes and asked them to ensure that our fund managers
are instructed to vote against BG Group paying its CEO up to £25 million.
If you agree then Click on the ShareAction links below to contact your own funds. It takes two minutes and all you need is the…Read more…
Why is there no sense of crisis about the future of the LGPS?
The AMNT yesterday sent in a response (below) to the Government (DCLG) consultation on proposed new regulations on how to run the new look Local Government Pension scheme (LGPS).
The LGPS is collectively the biggest funded Pension scheme in the UK and…Read more…
Civil servants to join public sector strike for higher wages
Our pay freeze is actually a 20% pay cut against inflation. That’s why the PCS union will join the mass strike on 10 July
Is it any wonder public sector workers are angry? They have seen executive…Read more…
2012: a chance to fight and win on public sector pensions | Mark Serwotka
We must continue to reject the principle that those least culpable should pay the highest price to sustain a broken financial system
With the public sector pensions dispute at a pivotal point, the…Read more…
5 facts about the 30 June pension strike| Gregor Gall
Exaggerating the scale of industrial action is politically foolhardy – it gives the right the opportunity to go on the offensive
It seems just about everybody has an interest in exaggerating the…Read more…
Lord Hutton has made scapegoats of public sector workers | Mark Serwotka
Hutton knows pensions are being cut not because they are unaffordable but because banks caused a public finance crisis
Lord Hutton, a former Labour minister, has been touring the TV studios…Read more…
Co-ordinated strike action: a tsunami of resistance | Gregor Gall
Today the TUC will decide on how to mobilise opposition to the cuts – but what exactly would co-ordinated strike action involve?
The Trades Union Congress meets today to decide how it will respond to…Read more…