UNISON today agreed to recommend suspending planned industrial action over pensions after the joint unions agreed a basis for further talks with employers.
The formal decision to suspend further industrial action will be taken by the industrial action committee on Thursday, but representatives of all service groups have agreed the move.
General Secretary Dave Prentis said: "The joint union/LGA statement is a positive step and that is why we have decided to suspend our planned strike action. It provides a framework to enable negotiations to take place on the future of the local government pension scheme and on protection arrangements. There is still a great deal of work to do in the detailed negotiations over these complex issues in a short time frame and we will be concentrating all our efforts on achieving a satisfactory conclusion."
The move follows a TUC-brokered joint statement with the Local Government Association which commits both sides to:
=> discussing proper protection for current members of the LGPS pension scheme if the Rule of 85 were to be abolished
=> making 50% of the savings available to pay for protections, and of savings from changes to the commutation arrangements
=> agreeing that changes in future should be made by agreement where possible
=> negotiating a fair new-look scheme for the future.
The joint statement followed successful one-day national strike action on 28 March.
Read the joint statement and visit UNISON pensions page for more information.
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