Union Newswire

E o E Councils & Remploy

These 40 councils will be spending the money anyway and they should be spending it with Remploy

GMB Refute Claim On Pensions â€œDealâ€

GMB confirm there is no pension deal on the table for local government workers and categorically confirm that no negotiations are taking place

OBR deals new blow to public and private sector pensioners

As public sector workers take part in the biggest strike for a generation today (Wednesday), a new paper from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts that the gap between CPI and RPI inflation will increase to 1.4 per cent in future Â– cutting the value of public and private sector pensions in payment even more than previously forecast.

GMB Unilever Yes To Strike On Pensions

This strike vote demonstrates that pensions are not just a matter of concern for public sector workers as the concerns are shared by workers in the private sector too says GMB

Why GMB Members Are On Strike

Work longer, pay more, get less is a policy for poverty that will cost the taxpayer billions says GMB

GMB On Autumn Statement

Many of the measures are tinkering, squeezing public sector pay will deepen the deflationary pressures and the proposals to cut public sector pay in already depressed regions will cut demand even...

Most people think strike effective and those who oppose it over-estimate level of public sector pensions

On average, people think that the average public sector pension is around Â£14,000, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the TUC and published today (Wednesday). Asked what they think the average public sector pension should be people give an even higher figure.