I ENCLOSE my poem about the issues concerning the WASPI Campaign.

We are 1950s born Women Against State Pension Inequality.

As I write this I have today’s SNJ open at the jobs page discussing the March of the Millennials which confirms all I have said about the young in my poem.

Jane Gadd

Cainscross

WASPI Campaign

Oh, Oh what can you do

I feel cheated and so do you

Cridland said each extra added year

Needed 10 years notice to be absolutely fair

1995 Act SPA moved for 1950s women

But no notice was sent and none given

The Government attempted transitional stages

But didn’t account for us not getting wages.

They planned to save a great deal of money

Robbing it from us to give to the treasury

In 2011 another Act bundled us up together

And dumped on us an SPA of 66 whether, we like it or not

With equality we do not disagree

The way it was implemented is the problem you see

Plus 1950s women rarely treated fair

For all their working lives were piecemeal we declare.

Can you not see the hardships you have caused?

By moving the goalposts and altering the clause.

Transitionary payments we demand for ourselves

And for future generations not to be forced into hells

We planned all our lives around retirement at 60

So did those who took us on, not being shifty

You ask too much of the working classes

You expect continuation but under what basis?

Employers are not persuaded

That women in their sixties have not faded

They want to concentrate on the future you see

Not on past generations of alacrity

You have not told them, they’re not convinced

That we are a safe bet, innovative or high jinxed

They want to invest in the youth of today

Who can blame them, its always been the way

Yes there are professions where age is not an issue

But for the majority of 1950s women, it is the only issue.

Come on be brave and admit your mistake

Let’s agree on the best way forward for Heaven’s sake!

We 1950s women give you a better deal

Retired home carers helping our families survive

Look, in reality, what we actually do for youth continuing to strive

Be fair, be just and gradually introduce

Via sixty years, these six SPQ years plus!