Your pension is under threat

Your pension is under attack. Not because your pension scheme is unaffordable, or even because people are living longer – it’s to pay for the deficit caused by an irresponsible banking system.

That’s why we’re asking you to vote for strike action to protect your pension.

The UK government has already cut the value of your pension when you retire by around 15% by changing the way inflation is measured from RPI to CPI.

Following a strong campaign by UNISON members, the Scottish Government has said it will not impose the UK Government’s plan to increase contributions by an average of 50% - and we welcome that.

However, they have not given us clear assurances that other changes, initiated by the UK Government, will not happen in the Local Government Pension Scheme in Scotland. These include:

·        Working longer so that by 2020 you’ll need to be 66 to collect your pension – and this is going to rise to 68 later.

·        Changing the way pension benefits are calculated so you will get a smaller pension on retirement.

UNISON is concerned that the UK Government could use their budgetary powers and/or UK legislation to force changes to your pension in Scotland.

This affects council workers, SEPA and other NDPBs, Scottish Water, police staffs, school workers, members in the community and voluntary sector, people working in higher and further education – and many more.

These are the very same public service workers suffering a pay freeze, redundancies, cuts in pay and conditions and cuts in the services they deliver. This attack on your pension is the final straw. We need to take a stand across the UK to say enough is enough.

Vote YES to protect your pension.

We need a big YES vote and a big turnout – for your future.

A big YES vote will give UNISON the power to plan a campaign of industrial action, leading off with a one-day strike on 30 November.

A big YES vote will mean that together we can campaign to put pressure on governments to think again.

So make sure you vote – and vote YES. And urge your colleagues in UNISON to do the same. And if they’re not in UNISON, get them to join – together we are stronger, together we can win.

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