Today is a day of national strikes by public sector employees over their pension rights.<\/p>\n
The average\u00a0public\u00a0sector\u00a0pensioner gets a pension of \u00a35,600 (median).<\/p>\n
The average\u00a0pension\u00a0of a woman who worked for local authority is \u00a32,600 pa<\/p>\n
Basic old age pension is \u00a3102 a week or \u00a35,300.<\/p>\n
Pension poverty is defined as having less than \u00a3178 a week. \u00a39,256 pa.<\/p>\n
So in most cases those retiring on only a state pension from the private sector who have paid nothing get almost \u00a34,000 a year in pension credits and other benefits from the state for which they have not paid a penny in contributuion.<\/p>\n
But state employees have to pay all their lives for on average something little better.<\/p>\n
And you call that a gold plated deal?<\/p>\n
How?<\/p>\n
The reality is that public sector employees are paying in very many cases for what they could egt anyway without a\u00a0pension\u00a0scheme. Those complaining, please note. The subsidy is to the private sector here - paid for by state sector employees.<\/p>\n
That's the reality of what is happening.<\/p>\n
All data from\u00a0http:\/\/www.pcs.org.uk\/download.cfm?docid=31F34882-8A2E-4BAB-9CF42FA92DFB02CF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today is a day of national strikes by public sector employees over their pension rights. The average\u00a0public\u00a0sector\u00a0pensioner gets a pension of \u00a35,600 (median). The average\u00a0pension\u00a0of
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