Pensions - Unison goes to ballot
WORKERS, JULY 2007 ISSUE
Early July will see Unison – with just under 1,000,000 members the largest grouping in the Local Government Pension Scheme – begin balloting over acceptance or rejection of the renegotiated scheme.
Already Unite (formerly the TGWU and Amicus) and GMB unions have recommended acceptance with other smaller unions following suit. After protracted negotiations and consultations, Unison's Local Government Service Group Executive has now also recommended the new scheme.
Their recommendation was based upon the scheme having met the requirements and protections identified by the membership during extensive consultation, and at an earlier special conference.
The move to ballot, despite the permanent opposition antics and pious rhetoric of the ultra-left at the Unison Local Government Conference on Monday 18 June, will draw this protracted dispute to a close.