More than 1,000 UNISON dinner ladies, teaching assistants, social workers,
refuse collectors, home helps, police support staff and other members from
across England and Wales converged on Parliament today to lobby their MPs
over cuts to their pension rights.
They joined members from 10* other trade unions to put pressure on MPs to
broker a decent deal for members of the local government pension scheme.
Local Government employers want to cut rights but are offering only limited
protection for existing scheme members. Between them they represented
more than one million workers.
Speaking to a packed meeting at the Central Hall Westminster, UNISON
General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said: