Fact Service November 2011

Issue 45

Pension myths busted

The myths about public sector pensions are dispelled in a new pamphlet, Fair pensions for all, produced by the PCS public and commercial services union.

The pamphlet argues for fair pensions for all and exposes the scandal of private sector pensions: how companies have stolen people’s rights by taking pensions holidays or by changing and closing schemes.

Tax justice campaigner and economist Richard Murphy said: “The pension crisis is a human crisis. A crisis of caring. A crisis of sharing. A crisis that is soluble. A crisis that unites the 99%. A crisis of today that we must solve for tomorrow. A crisis that this pamphlet tackles. Read it.”

PCS has urged everyone to print off the pamphlet and share it as widely as possible to spread the message of fair pensions for all. It can be downloaded by following the PCS link below.

www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/FF9536D4-07C5-4D16-B540484C18E4F769?