It seems to me that your view on this subject is going to depend solely on which side of the fence you sit.
The working population today is made up of those with and those without defined final salary pension. The have's and have not's. Those with....... nice retirement. Those without.......contribute about 30% salary or you'll be using meals on wheels.
Those that have, for obvious reasons, will fight to keep what that they have, even if it means getting the have not's to help pay for it. Take for example Government and MP's. Who pays for their pension? Why are council rates going through the roof? Got to pay for those final salary pensions somehow! Money taken out of a company is subsidised by shareholders, employee pay rise's etc.
Not all the blame falls at the door of the stock market of course. Both thieving from, and badly run pension funds by both insurance companies, employers and the government all contribute to the situation.
Pension contributions, are for all intents and purposes salary. When proposal's were put forward by the companies to generate a two tier salary system there were of course no shout's of derision from the have's. Most people just wish to protect what they have and don't care whether the guy next to them get's the same.
What you have done however though, is generate division between workers within the same company.
So.. "don't expect any support from those who have not". It's just the way the country has gone. People are by nature, greedy, and self interest will always come before concern for others. We don't like to see the same guy same job, next to us, getting a better deal. It's human nature.
The more people who have not, the less sympathy for your cause. But then again.......do you care? No I'm sure not!
Just think yourself lucky that you can aim your pension frustrations at a tangible object BA. We, as have not's, see the pension disappear without recourse to anyone.
