UCU: WASPI Women

Motion

Motion text: Congress is concerned that the decision by UK labour government not to
compensate WASPI women for the delay in receiving notification of changes to
the pension retirement age which has left many women facing financial hardship.
The Ombudsman ruled in favour of the WASPI women agreeing that the previous
government had acted badly in terms of the communication of these changes.
The women may have been aware that changes were coming but that is not the
same as being formally informed of the changed timeline.
The changes to the state pension age affects about 3.6 million women not,
including, those who have died since.
Congress therefore asks UCU to lobby UK labour government to:
1. Pay full compensation to those surviving women for the losses they have
suffered;
2. To issue a full apology for the failings of the previous government