pension talks

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 22 Mar 2017, 16:02

any news? our rep said today that the branch secretary was at a briefing yesterday regarding the pension talks. the reps exact words this morning were....''the pensions f****d''..... I asked him who said that, he said he got a txt off the branch secretary after the brief. has it been rejected I wonder?... the shares reached £4.15 yesterday but have plummeted today.....Dingo?...anyone?

TheTrolleyMan · Post by **TheTrolleyMan** » 22 Mar 2017, 19:04

If we are truly knackered with the pension then let's have a one off payment of 2k

jetblack · Post by **jetblack** » 22 Mar 2017, 19:31

TheTrolleyMan wrote:If we are truly knackered with the pension then let's have a one off payment of 2k

Yeh - that should see us right hey.

FFS

Re. op. So let me get this straight - a mate of a mate whose Mrs. once became intimiate with the best friend of a rep over a bottle of Thunderbird says the pension is, and I quote, "f****d" ?

Am I right ?

FWIW I fully expect the CWU proposal to be rejected.

hans solo · Post by **hans solo** » 22 Mar 2017, 21:42

the cwu proposal will always be rejected btw
the deal has been done

Zicomurphy · Post by **Zicomurphy** » 23 Mar 2017, 06:56

TheTrolleyMan wrote:If we are truly knackered with the pension then let's have a one off payment of 2k

Well my personal illustration said I would be 6k a year worse off under the new scheme so 2k would be a great offer, well, assuming I drop dead within 4 months of retirement

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 23 Mar 2017, 16:25

jetblack wrote:
TheTrolleyMan wrote:If we are truly knackered with the pension then let's have a one off payment of 2k
Yeh - that should see us right hey.

FFS

Re. op. So let me get this straight - a mate of a mate whose Mrs. once became intimiate with the best friend of a rep over a bottle of Thunderbird says the pension is, and I quote, "f****d" ?

Am I right ?

FWIW I fully expect the CWU proposal to be rejected.

correct.

Rommagic · Post by **Rommagic** » 24 Mar 2017, 16:48

Still talking?.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 24 Mar 2017, 17:31

shares are back up and climbing. a good sign maybe?

TheTrolleyMan · Post by **TheTrolleyMan** » 24 Mar 2017, 18:13

Share price going up doesn't look good for our pensions

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 24 Mar 2017, 18:46

i would've though if the talks were failing, that would/ could start possible industrial action thereby triggering a share price tumble.

Rommagic · Post by **Rommagic** » 27 Mar 2017, 19:07

When will they announce anything?.

heapsy · Post by **heapsy** » 27 Mar 2017, 19:46

daveyeff wrote:i would've though if the talks were failing, that would/ could start possible industrial action thereby triggering a share price tumble.

As they say, "no news is good news". I'm hopeful that the talks are ongoing. I would have thought by now that one side or the other would have spat their dummy out if they weren't. At the end of the day, it wouldn't be good for the workers OR RM if strike action were to take place.

Post by **aiden01** » 27 Mar 2017, 19:59

think dingo wrote last week that there is a national briefing tomorrow so hopefully we will hear something soon.

sweepster · Post by **sweepster** » 27 Mar 2017, 20:46

Is there something in this? An extra hundred million put into the pension each year.
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daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 28 Mar 2017, 14:55

aiden01 wrote:think dingo wrote last week that there is a national briefing tomorrow so hopefully we will hear something soon.

yes its today. all the big knob reps are in London today for the pensions brief. we should know by the end of today or tomorrow.