The public sector trade unions are threatening strike action over plans to reform their pension arrangements. These plans are so moderate and the current arrangements so generous to public sector workers that even the Labour Party appears to support them! In short, the trade unions are arguing that future taxpayers should fund them to the tune of £770 billion and £1,176 billion, depending on which estimate one uses.
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Pensions experts prescribed a reality check for doctors threatening strike action, when medical professionals make up three quarters of public sector workers who enjoy index-linked pensions of more than £50,000 a year. Actuaries, th... Read Post
Live coverage of today's mass union strike action by teachers, border control staff, health workers and others over public sector pensions 7.34am: We've also pulled together a comprehensive list of who else to follow today for Twitt... Read Post
Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are poised to go on strike with members of two teaching unions in protest at pay freezes and pension changes. The result of a strike ballot by the Public and Commercial Services Union (... Read Post