16 August 2007
Rail workers have called off a strike over proposed changes to
ill-health pension benefits.
Members of the National Union Rail, Maritime and Transport
Workers overwhelmingly voted to strike over proposed plans to
change ill-health pension entitlement at the Transport for London
Pension Fund.
Because members have now received guarantees that no attempt
will be made to introduce cost-cutting changes that would deprive
most people who leave work through ill-health of their pensions,
the strike has now been called off.
Under the proposed change, if the scheme member could earn an
income, even if they could not continue in their previous post,
they would have stood to lose their ill-health pension.
