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EVERYONE UNITED IN ACTION
against those who want to DIVIDE us
in order to DOMINATE us more effectively
I
The Council is taking the Kinnock reform, removing even the
guarantees which it contains and, in exchange, demanding that the
Commission amend its proposal concerning pensions as follows:
- downward revision of weightings for pensioners (with a loss of
income not yet known);
- replacement of the final salary by the average salary over the
past ten years, as the amount to be taken into consideration (which would
represent an additional loss of income of around 25%);
- possible obligation to work until the age of 68 or over;
- abolition of the pension rights bonus between 60 and 65 years;
- reduction of annuities from 2% to 1,75%; this means it would be
necessary to work for 40 years instead of 35 to attain the maximum pension rate
(70%), which would be an impossible achievement for most members of staff.
And an attempt is being made to get these measures through by
breaking the unity of the Staff Regulations through the introduction of
distinctions between new colleagues and staff in post and, within the latter
category, between different age groups.
II
It is regrettable that the Council's Appointing Authority is
seeking to take advantage of the situation in turn to divide staff on the issue
of working hours and the clocking-in system.
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