Pensions: end the waiting game!
Ealing and Kirklees are among the latest local government branches of the public services union Unison to demand a special local government conference of the union on pensions, and Oxfordshire Health branch is pushing for a special health conference. In local government, Unison and GMB have signed joint “principles” with the employers to implement the Government’s plans for worse public sector pensions. Unite is dissenting only passively. “Final proposals” on “initial design” of the new (worse) pension scheme are due by 8 February. “Final proposals” for “future scheme management” are due by 7...