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UNISON urges members to fill in questionnaire to help gather evidence for parliamentary inquiry, ending on 6 September

New pension schemes will leave staff struggling to plan for retirement and significantly worse off in their old age

Current staff to keep final salary pensions after strong campaign against proposals to change them – though scheme will be closed to new non-academic staff from 2019

Higher education service group executive calls off industrial action ballot following vote

Industrial action ballot follows 91% rejection of proposed move to ‘defined contribution’ scheme in consultation of affected members

UNISON is consulting members over the proposals while lecturers’ union UCU has started industrial action over the issue […]

UNISON head of higher education Donna Rowe-Merriman said “The changes proposed by the employers will have a devastating impact on UNISON USS members. “It is vital […]

But what will happen to the company’s pension arrangements and what was going on in the trading of Carillion shares? The government has assured everyone […]

In recent years they’ve seen the value of their pay fall, now the university wants to cut their income in retirement too

Guide will help members of local government pension schemes push for changes in the investment of their funds

Date

10 January 2018 10:30am–4:30pm

Location

UNISON Centre – 130 Euston Road, London

The union’s Capital Stewardship Programme is holding a seminar for all LGPS Board members, regions and branches on the governance and economics of the LGPS The union’s Capital Stewardship Programme is holding a seminar for all LGPS Board members, regions and branches on the governance and economics of the LGPS. There are major reforms being […]

UNISON is encouraging members to have their say on pension changes

Low-paid staff could lose as much as £1,000 a year in retirement

Wednesday 19 July 2017 For immediate release Commenting on the government’s announcement that it plans to bring forward the rise in pension age from 67 to 68 by seven years, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This will be another bitter blow for public sector workers whose workplace retirement is also linked to the state […]

Commenting on today’s Financial Conduct Authority report into the asset management market, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “UNISON has played a crucial part in exposing the issue of cost transparency in pension funds. This report has significance for a huge number of workers. “For too long, customers have struggled to understand the real cost […]