final reason to Vote â€œNoâ€

wolfie citizen smith · Post by **wolfie citizen smith** » 30 Oct 2007, 09:55

3...Pensions

CWU leaders are making it out to be a big victory that there will be legal consultation over pensions, and working groups will produce national
agreements on D2D and other changes by April 2008.
But the opposite is true.
Now is when we are at our strongest, when the threat of strike action still hangs over Royal Mail. Royal Mail has announced that it is intends to close the final salary pension scheme for a career average one, and it wants to raise the retirement age to 65. It has even set a start date for the new scheme: 1 April 2008. So much for â€œconsultationâ€

Post by **arsenalbob** » 30 Oct 2007, 16:24

i will be taking legal action to the highest courts if they try tampering with what's mine. i'm keeping final salary pension and retiring at 60, full stop

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 30 Oct 2007, 17:22

According to Jafferpants (who really seems to be 'in the know' on these matters) we will all be in the 'care' scheme come april 08, the paperwork has already been drawn up!

tenpole tudorsack · Post by **tenpole tudorsack** » 30 Oct 2007, 17:47

strangler wrote:According to Jafferpants (who really seems to be 'in the know' on these matters) we will all be in the 'care' scheme come april 08, the paperwork has already been drawn up!

It will be interesting to see which "version" appears on our ballot paper, the RM or CWU!