Strike Action

Sara · 27-03-2006, 19:48

Just out of curiosity i'm wondering how many Accy Web members are on strike tomorrow, fighting for their pension rights? (I'm on strike.)

My daughter thinks it's great because we've got a letter home from her school (Mount Carmel) saying it's shut tomorrow, and i do know of a few other school closeures as well.

Ernie · 27-03-2006, 20:20

I'm not actually on strike but I'm not required to work because the school is closed to pupils.

mez · 27-03-2006, 20:21

yea blackburn college closed too.

accymel · 27-03-2006, 20:26

Im sooo pleased my kids didnt bring a letter home so presume their school is open - yippee

harwood red · 27-03-2006, 21:17

I work for a company where most of the staff are on strike but because I am not a union member I am not allowed to strike (explanation in my journal), but I have taken leave as support as it affects my pension too. But my lads are at school tomorrow though

shakermaker · 27-03-2006, 22:37

Yup my younger brother is off from Mount Carmel tomorrow...can I just say why was there nothing like this when I was there?!!!

Methinks we shall be getting up to no good at all in the morrow!!!

entwisi · 27-03-2006, 22:38

What I would like to understand is why do you think that you as public servants should be treat differently to the rest of the working public?

As I understand it you get the equivilant of final salary schemes paid at 60 whilst the rest of us have to manage on money purchase schemes with target age of 65.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

Neil · 27-03-2006, 22:43

It looks like they are falling into line with the rest of the country. My company ended its final salary scheme a few years ago. All new employees are on money purchase. Th old fianl scheme still stands for those who originally got it (for now)

Neil · 27-03-2006, 22:44

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Originally Posted by harwood red

I work for a company where most of the staff are on strike

I didn't realise you worked for LCC. I thought it was a private housing association.

harwood red · 27-03-2006, 22:50

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Originally Posted by Neil

I didn't realise you worked for LCC. I thought it was a private housing association.

It is, but because the company was created through a stock transfer from the council all the staff transferred from the council too, so part of the agreement was they could keep their LG pension. I joined after the transfer but was also offered the pension

entwisi · 27-03-2006, 23:00

I missed a final salary scheme with Barclays by 6 months.

What makes me laugh in the press is that the Daily Mails etc of this world lambast companies for shutting final salary scemes yet this was exactly what its owners did themselves. Then they have the cheek to complain when final salary schemes are being pillaged for the funds by gordon brown, co secrataries etc.

Money purcahse schemes may not pay out the levels of teh best FS schemes but at least yoe know the money will be there when you retire.

Neil · 27-03-2006, 23:24

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Originally Posted by harwood red

part of the agreement was they could keep their LG pension.

Sounds odd, non LCC people on LCC pensions.

bad breath brown · 27-03-2006, 23:29

im drawing my pension, ill be a spectator on this one.

harwood red · 27-03-2006, 23:36

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Originally Posted by Neil

Sounds odd, non LCC people on LCC pensions.

You'd be amazed there are a few. I think it may have harmed the transfer if they hadn't agreed as many have been paying into this pension for years! It's quite normal for the pension to be transferred to the company the employee has had to move to in the case of privatisation

Acrylic-bob · 28-03-2006, 04:33

I am with Entwisi on this one. Why should local government workers and civil servants be treated differently than the rest of the working population? What makes them so special?

As we have seen with any department of HBC you care to mention, it is not as if they do a particularly good job, or are super-efficient.

And why is it that the rest of us poor schmucks will be the ones who have to fork out and pay for this through increases in council tax.

If you lot want to retire at sixty - fine! Good luck to you.

But I think that you are the ones who should be paying for it,

not us!

And I think that it is disgraceful that services which we pay for should be disrupted simply because you cannot get your own way.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...106449,00.html