The following statement has been circulated by Alex Kenny (NUT) on behalf of a group of executive members from various unions involved in the pensions dispute.
Please add your name and forward to all your collegues:
The government’s ‘final offer’ is no improvement. There is no extra money on offer. The government still wants public sector workers to work longer, pay more and get less. They haven’t moved on core issues:
- Fifty percent rise in pension contributions.
- Normal pension age to rise to the state retirement age. Retirement at 68 for those 34 and under
- Pensions indexed at CPI instead of RPI. A cut for all existing pensioners.
We agree with those union general secretaries who are against accepting this offer. We ask all union general secretaries, if is was right to strike against these proposals on November 30th how it can be right to accept them now?
Ordinary trade union members have demonstrated their determination to resist these unfair and unnecessary changes; we call on our trade union leaders reject the Government’s bullying tactics and reject their unacceptable offer.
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Signatures
Romayne Phoenix COR, NUT
Andy Hewett, Unison
Adrian Cousins, Unite rep LSHTM
Brian Leslie, NUT
Bernie Rogers, UCU
Mark Bould, UCU
Thomas J Maltby, UNISON / TUC / Green Party
Paul Mackney, Vice-Chair, Coalition of Resistance
John Rees, NUJ
Anne Oneill, nipsa
Amber Homes, UCU
Alex Snowdon, NUT
Simon Hewitt, UCU
james mcsporran, unison
Jen Maughan, RCN Staff Nurse
Andrew Burgin, Secretary Coalition of Resistance
Stuart Moir, UNISON Shop Steward & Education Officer
samantha gipson, UCU
Alex Scott, Unison/RMN, Northamptonshire Healthcare Branch Chair
Gabrielle Vaughan, UCU
Ian McCulloch, Prospect / committee member
Sairah Tariq, Unite
charles gate, unemployed
MARK DOUGLAS, UNISON MEMBER
Wendy Anderson, UNISON
John Tyrrell, NUT/Retired
Susan Murray,
Arthur Hayles, FDA
Rachel Western,
Maggie Campbell, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
veena sharma, NUT
Peter Beadle, Unison
Ruth Hodgkinson,
Alan Weyman,
Jamie Johnson, Unite
Dave Isaacson, CPGB & Milton Keynes Against the Cuts (chair)
Dan Poulton, NUJ member, Coalition of Resistance activist
chris coppock, Unison/Nalgo memeber since 1985
Adrian Williams, Unison/retired
John Peers, Unite Steward
Ellen Graubart, Coalition of Resistance
Neil Faulkner, Unite
Joseph Healy, UNITE/Green Party Trade Union Group Treasurer
C Morris,
raymond buckley,
Mark Dee Smith, University of Bedfordshire UNISON
tony Matthews, community/retired
jim malone, Fire Brigades Union/Regional Organiser
Richard Allday, Chair, Unite LE1914 branch, Chair, Unite L&E Road Tspt & Logistics Sector C\\'tee, Unite L&E Reginal Ctee member
Mary Wallace, NUT
Katherine Connelly, UCU
Des Freedman, Secretary Goldsmiths UCU
Will John Duckworth, Green Party
Billy Ross, NASUWT
Nick Parker, PCS, DWP Lincolnshire and Rutland Branch, Assistant Secretary
Bryan Simpson, Unite - Workplace Rep - Glasgow
Sue Tibbles, UNISON Oxford University & Colleges, Admin. Sec./Oxford TUC, Secretary
Jean Tibbles,
Adam Frew, NUS
Eleanor Lakew, Unison steward and Branch Officer
Maev McDaid, President of Liverpool Guild of Students
carol starr, branch secretary
PAUL MOFFAT, Regional Secretary
Ozlem Onaran, UCU
Steve Kibble, Unite shop steward
Susan Pashkoff,
Michael Chessum, NUS NEC
Kester Richardson-Dawes, Queen Mary SU/ NUS
Steve Quinn, UNISON steward
Ryan Bridgewater,
Glynis Freeman, UNISON
ian connor, NUT
Sheryl Odlum,
Tim Jaques, Prospect
Sarah Collins, UNISON Steward
James Thatcher,
Liz Jackson,
Norman Traub, Keep Our NHS Public
callum morrison, Unite
Tony Greenstein, Unison - Welfare Officer, Brighton Unitary LG Branch
John A Smith, Unison
catherine atkins, unison/LA
Ankaret Harmer, GMB/Green Party
Dr Jason Ashworth, MMU UCU
Deborah Foster, Unison
James Meadway, UCU
Dave Tate,
Debra Cossey-Mowle, UCU
Lisa Jones, ucu
Jane C alveley, Unite
Nicky Sutton, UInite
Danielle Marsden,
Karyn Irwin, Unite
Kimi Scott, Unison rep
Aileen Tait, Unison
Dominic Alexander, UCU
George Shakeshaft, Unison
shona fair, steward
Jamie Moloney,
Rachel Gordon-Smith,
Paul Rutland, RMT Chair TfL No.1 Branch
John McArdle, Black Triangle Anti-Defamation Campaign Chair Disability Committee Scottish Anti-Cuts Alliance (SACA)
david foster, unite member
Sarah Ventress, Unite shop steward
