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Trade Unions; a necessary agent of change in our pension system
Turn to your weekend FT , you happy capitalists, and you will find two stories relating to monopoly of the big four accountants. The first is a comment piece by John Plender where he looks at why Government has … Continue reading
Organising labour
“I don’t care where you do it, how you do it , when you do it – as long as the f-ing work gets done”. My first boss. Of course he didn’t mean it- I soon found that flexible working … Continue reading
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Tagged Flex, Flexi time, Labour, Organising, pensions, Technology, unions, Work
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Tata, BHS, Austin Reed- “the big mess”.
In an excellent article “Home of the Big Mess” Ivan Laws gives us his experience of watching on as a defined benefit scheme he administered was plundered by people who had the wit to use pension surpluses to provide … Continue reading
A great way to deliver the Guidance Guarantee (for the right employer)
Josh Collins In recent weeks, I’ve been taking the temperature of the pension trustees of large employers and found that enthusiasm for providing guidance to employees at retirement is limited. This is understandable. Do trustees want to become surrogate … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Blogging, dc pensions, pensions, Personality, workplace pensions
Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, DWP, GMB, Guidance, Guidance Framework, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, unions
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In place of strife
As we contemplate the impact of industrial strife as the structural changes to pensions (and elsewhere) are rolled out, we need to be looking to the solutions that have worked. Perhaps this is one of them.
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Tagged AA, Centrica, Facebook, Government, Local government pensions, pensions, social media, unions
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We should be shipbuilding..
I worry for the happiness of Britain- especially for those who are and will be out of work over the next few years.
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Tagged church.chapel, clubs, pubs, Robert Wyatt, shipbuilding, shipbulding, unemployment, unions
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What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
It’s one thing to see off Brown and co, holed up in the Downing Street bunker, another to beat the beastly bosh lined up in the public sector trenches. Continue reading
Tagged Cameron, Clegg, eton rifles, Politics, public sector, st pauls, unions, westminster
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