NATS PENSIONS UNDER THREAT
Members campaigning against plans to close the existing National Air Traffic Services pension scheme to new members have launched a website.
The joint initiative by PCS and Prospect members is the latest stage in the campaign against the proposal, which could lead to a ballot for industrial action.
At the time of the NATS public-private partnership privatisation in 2001 the unions won assurances about the future commercialisation of the company and the protection of important conditions of service, including pensions.
Management appears determined to renege on these and is making clear it wishes to close the scheme to new members despite it being significantly in surplus and the company making a small contribution.
Ian McNiell, chair of the NATS trade union side pension committee, said :"A three-yearly valuation has just been carried out and we expect it will again show a significant surplus in the scheme. This website is an important part of the campaign to stop this attack on our members' terms and conditions."
Visit
www.onenatsonepension.com for the campaign website.
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I wish I was French......never again will they be called Cheese eating surrender monkeys......at least not by me.......I have seen,heard and read the ultimate in betrayal.