NUS Pension Fund
by Published on 12th March 2022 08:21 AM
The following has been bugging me for some time, and I知 not sure if I知 100% right. So I would be most grateful if anyone has any solid information re the info below.
When I first went to sea as a 16 year old deck boy back in 1956, it was mandatory to be a member of the NUS (national union of seamen) and as such a monthly subscription was deducted from my wages.
If I知 not mistaken, a proportion of this subscription went into the union pension fund.
several years after retirement and looking through some old pay off slips I noticed the NUS deductions and being somewhat older and maybe a little wiser, I contacted the ministry of pensions enquiring about the pension which I had paid into for many years. I was informed that when the NUS was taken over by the TGWU the pension scheme was not transferred and was subsequently wound up.
Surely I must have something wrong here!
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