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Rally for Fair Pensions

Date: 27th September 2010

Labour Party Conference Fringe, Sponsored by NASUWT 1300

Manchester Central Covention Complex, Charter 1

Angela Eagle MP

Chris Keates - General Secretary, NASUWT

Diana Holland - Assistant General Secretary, Unite

There has been a sustained attack on occupational pensions in the private sector and now the coalition government seems set on making sure that the public sector shares the pain. This is a short-sighted approach that will do nothing to meet the retirement needs of workers and push many more people into dependency on means tested benefits. Is this really the road the UK should take or can there be a more positive agenda for pension reform?

Getting there: Click here (Manchester Central website)

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