Pikman
My understanding is slightly different to yours and I would like to be clear...
I was party to a discussion about this with a NATS senior manager last week. Now I know he is NATS management and he will be spouting the company line but he did clearly state what I have heard on many occasions from other quarters...
The only risk to CAAPS and current employee's pensions is NATS going bust. Anybody who has a pension in the current scheme is protected by act of parliament. It would take a new act of parliament to change that or 100% vote of the members.
Assuming that to be correct, it seems to me that our pensions are not at risk. What is at risk are our future terms and conditions of employment because it seems NATS will use these to try and lever us out of the existing pension? So any future fight will be over pay rises, not pensions.
If that accurately sums up the position then it seems to me that any industrial action cannot be over pensions? If those in the existing scheme strike, won't management ask "What are you striking for, your pension is not affected." What answer would we have to that?
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