This was sent to me be via email and came as a bit of a surprise. It does take little while before the video starts up but it is only short when it does.
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Myth # 6. The Private Sector props up the Public Sector
REALITY. The UK economy depends on a thriving public sector as well as private sector
What are the Facts?
It is not a one-way street, but a complex relationship. Public sector workers and employers pay for the vast majority of pensions in payment through contributions. But without [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2010
MYTH #5. It is unfair that public sector workers benefit from “gold plated” pensions
REALITY. The private sector is the real culprit for unfairness
What are the Facts?
The real inequality exists in the private sector, where highly paid executives receive the real gold-plated pensions. The TUC’s 2008 Pensions Watch study of 346 directors from 102 of [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2010
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Local MP Lends his Support
Mark Pritchard MP for the Wrekin has signed EDM 251 to show his support of the PCS campaign to reach a negotiated settlement regarding the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 15th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.
Clarence Darrow
22 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2010
MYTH # 4. Most public sector workers retire at 60 on two thirds of their final salary
REALITY: The majority of workers joining public sector pension schemes will retire and claim their pension at the age of 65.
What are the Facts?
Many reports about pensions would lead you to believe that most public sector workers retire at [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2010
MYTH # 3. The discrepancy between private and public sector pensions needs to be tackled by punishing the public sector
REALITY. We should level up pensions – not level them down
What are the Facts?
Many justify attacks on public sector pensions by the decline in the number and quality of private sector defined benefit pension schemes.
Around [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2010
