Back in the
Back in the late 80's I was a Senior Shop Steward for a nationwide transport company and negotiated a 10% pay rise, 5% of the rise would go into a company pension scheme where any employee contributions would be doubled by the company plus extra from the Government, it was worth a lot at the time. It went out to ballot and was rejected by the majority for a straight 10% pay rise and no pension. A few of us opted for the Government Scheme paid through the National Insurance Scheme, 30 years later I ended up with 200k extra in my pension pot at no extra cost, but did lose about £15 a week off my OAP, winner winner chicken dinner as long as I don't live past 90 and with the option to commute some of the 200k to cash, which was very handy.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
