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Thread #138823 Message #3182365
Posted By: Backwoodsman
06-Jul-11 - 08:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: Striking teachers should lose pay
Subject: RE: BS: Striking teachers should lose pay
Al, I'm not saying that anyone should welch on anything - read my posts FFS! I'm saying that current members of schemes should get what they contracted for when they joined - that's fair and reasonable. However, going forward the structure needs to change to a more sustainable format for new members.
Penny, it's not about fairness especially - it's about reality and peoples' grasp on it. The reality that I had to face when it was realised that my F/S pension scheme was unsustainable without a considerable increase in contributions from both employees and employer is the self-same reality that public sector workers need to face.
But I guess we'll not agree and, as I'm not about to get embroiled in the kind of trench-warfare that goes on on this forum, I've said what I believe and that's it - I'm off.