Strike days payback?

[halflife]

Hello, question about the lost days during the 2002 strike.
I've just retired due to the pension change, about 11 months early. Could someone remind me I thought we had the option to pay it back at the time or wait till you retire. I've got my figures and they took 12 days of me, fair enough but I was sure there was an option to deal with this on retirement.
Any help would be great.
Cheers.

[Stressed]

Afternoon.
You are sort of correct.
Yes at the end of the trike we did have to option to buy back lost strike days. The other option at retirement was to work (in your case) an extra 12 days at the end of your 30 years service to cover the missed days. I believe it wasn't a buy back option at retirement, only the extra day rule.
Obviously if you took early retirement (guessing over 50 & over 25 years service) you could not work the extra 12 days.

Hope this makes sense!

[halflife]

Thanks, my memory is shot. I did message the union they were under the impression that there could be a buy back option. Its all a bit confusing cause some of the people I know who are in the same boat haven't had the days taken off. Think I was to honest, I told them I couldn't really remember but think I didn't pay it back at the time. Was just a bit of a shock to see my time in was under 29 years and my figures a bit lower than the calculator gave out.

[bill.advanced]

Afternoon.
You are sort of correct.
Yes at the end of the trike we did have to option to buy back lost strike days. The other option at retirement was to work (in your case) an extra 12 days at the end of your 30 years service to cover the missed days. I believe it wasn't a buy back option at retirement, only the extra day rule.
Obviously if you took early retirement (guessing over 50 & over 25 years service) you could not work the extra 12 days.

Hope this makes sense!

Same applied to the 77-8 strike. Luckily I did an additional 6 months which took care of both strikes.

[pablo]

Snap Bill. I enquired after the 77 strike wether I had to pay back the 9 weeks. I was told by I had to pay it back by the union and employers. It wasn’t until I explained that I will have served 31 yrs on retirement at my 50th birthday for what is a 30 yr pension that sense was seen .

[bill.advanced]

Snap Bill. I enquired after the 77 strike wether I had to pay back the 9 weeks. I was told by I had to pay it back by the union and employers. It wasn’t until I explained that I will have served 31 yrs on retirement at my 50th birthday for what is a 30 yr pension that sense was seen .

Initially after the 77 strike we were all told we had to pay a set amount, or work past our retirement if that was possible due to age when retiring.
I and a few others who joined before age 20 argued that would meet the criteria for full pension with 30 years completed service.
It took us 2-3 years to eventually win our case, and those who had paid were refunded.

[pablo]

The B div union officials at the time could see sense in what those of us who would ultimately do over 30 yrs were saying Bill ,so we never paid the missing pension contributions back.

[Zorro]

Initially after the 77 strike we were all told we had to pay a set amount, or work past our retirement if that was possible due to age when retiring.
I and a few others who joined before age 20 argued that would meet the criteria for full pension with 30 years completed service.
It took us 2-3 years to eventually win our case, and those who had paid were refunded.

Was it just your brigade? .. I joined in 73 aged 19 and was never asked to pay anything.

[pablo]

Your brigade probably had the sense not to ask you to payback Zorro, as you were 19 when you joined. You therefore would end up doing more than 30 yrs if you retired at 50.

[bill.advanced]

Was it just your brigade? .. I joined in 73 aged 19 and was never asked to pay anything.

Couldn’t say it was Strathclyde by then.