Resources

All the details at your fingertips!

For a brief summary of the Protect our Pensions campaign, and why it is necessary, visit What's it all About? - which will fill you in on the background and give you some clues as to what kinds of further reading you might be interested in.

UNISON has produced a wide range of materials from different sources.  The key bits and pieces are all listed below ... but if you come across others that you find particularly useful let us know! Please also send us copies of any local materials you produce - we'd much rather share and copy than reinvent the wheel! 

UNISON Pensions Resource:

http://www.unison.org.uk/pensions/

• this is the homepage for all UNISON's information in relation to pensions - including details on different schemes and the state pension, as well as linking to our Protect our Pensions campaign information
• this also includes links to information on redundancy for those in the NHS and LGPS schemes as well

UNISON Protect our Pensions Pages:

http://www.unison.org.uk/pensions/protectour.asp

• this is the main website for this campaign to Protect our Pensions, and you will find links to all the main briefings and documents here - which we also copy below so you have everything in one place

UNISON Pension Strategy Factsheet:

http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/Strategy_factsheet.pdf

• This factsheet informs the union of the agreed industrial strategy in respect of the threats to UNISON members' pension schemes. It includes a question and answer section and a timeline.

Campaign News

• Campaign News 5 - 26 July 2011 - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/campaignNews5.pdf
• Campaign News 4 - 10 June 2011 - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/campaignNews4.pdf
• Campaign News 3 - 21 April 2011 - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/CampaginNews3.pdf
• Campaign News 2 - 11 March 2011 - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B5407.pdf
• Campaign News 1 - 7 February 2011 - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19734.pdf

Briefings

• Protect our Pensions Briefing No 3 - The change from RPI to CPI - the implications for members of public service pension schemes - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19737.pdf
• Protect our Pensions Briefing No 2 - The change from RPI to CPI - what does it mean for public service pensions?  - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19736.pdf
• Protect our Pensions Briefing No 1 - Paying for the £4bn government tax on public service pension scheme members - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19739.pdf

Fair Deal

• Background details on this threat for all who may be outsourced in the future: http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B5457.pdf

Campaign Leaflets:

• Recruitment Leaflet - including application form - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19955.pdf
• Campaign Leaflet - http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/20120.pdf

Of course all these are on the main UNISON website - the index is here to link you to many happy hours of reading and lots more materials for campaigning too: http://www.unison.org.uk/pensions/docs_list.asp

Women and Pensions

Resources and links are also available to provide branch women officers and any women who want to become active a good base for leafleting and raising awareness about the women and pensions issues.  Click HERE to go to the Women's page of this website.

Got thoughts to share or concerns to raise?  Email us at pensionssw@unison.co.uk now!