The axe man cometh

Yesterday the Mail published an article attacking facilities given to trade union representatives in the civil service.


Yet another area that is targeted to be axed by whichever government we eventually work for?

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Unison forced to cut final salary schemes

One of Britain’s biggest unions — which has campaigned fiercely against government cutbacks to public sector pensions — is to cut back its scheme for its own staff, says todays The Times.

Unison, which represents 1.3 million local government and NHS workers, can no longer afford its final-salary scheme for employees and has set out initial proposals to cut costs.

Unison officials accused their bosses of “sheer hypocrisy” as the union has been so aggressive in opposing similar cuts in public sector pensions.

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Thought for the day