Industrial Action on LGPS has been suspended Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 April 2006 11:34
Last week UNISON agreed to recommend suspending the planned industrial action over pensions after joint unions agreed a basis for further talks with the employers.
The formal decision to suspend further industrial action was taken by the industrial action committee.  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 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 furture should be made by agreement where possible.
  • Negotiating a fair new-look scheme for the future.

The joint statement followed a successful one day national strike on 28th March 2006.

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