HANDs OFF OUR PENSIONS
Staff in colleges across the UK are under attack on all fronts from cuts to jobs and pay and now their pensions too. Solihull College UCU (University & College Union) members are taking strike action today (Thursday 24th March) to defend their right to a fair pension.
Unnecessary changes
The Teachers’ Pension Scheme is not in crisis. These proposals are driven by
the government’s desire to bolster its finances. As recently as November 2006,
UCU agreed reforms to make the pension scheme sustainable in the long-term
and we are calling on the government to respect these reforms instead of
pressing ahead with a damaging attack on lecturers’ right to a fair and decent
retirement.
What are we opposing?
- The average lecturer faces a £90 increase in costs per month in exchange for reduced benefits.
- The government is demanding cuts of up to £852 million from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
- For a typical FE lecturer, changes could mean a loss of £36,000 or more over the course of their retirement . (more details available)
Please support our strike
UCU members cannot stand by and watch the Teachers’ Pension Scheme destroyed. Hardworking staff deserve a decent retirement, not to have their retirement targeted to swell the Treasury’s coffers.
People are sick and tired of having to pay for an economic crisis caused by irresponsible banks, while those banks and bankers are doing fine.