When young I was denied joining my employer’s pension scheme because I was a woman. Other employers allowed only monthly paid or those earning over a certain amount to join. Women were generally weekly paid & unlikely to earn the same as men. #BackTo60 #FullRestitution #50sWomen 
Later years I believed my firm had a pension scheme for male employees. I asked my then boss if it would be possible for me to have a pension to support a meagre SP. He said no. To comfort me he reminded me I reached SPA at 60, which wasn’t too bad!#BackTo60 #50sWomen #NoCrumbs
As a mum I worked part time in the 80s; earnings weren’t high; my employer’s pension contribution would’ve helped & if contributions were low initially, they would’ve increased in later years as I worked more. To challenge an employer was a no no, for fear of job loss. #BackTo60
I tried to arrange a personal pension via FAs, they made me feel uncomfortable virtually sneering at me because I couldn’t afford to invest much. I accepted their deliverance that it wasn’t worthwhile. My employer’s contribution, I believe, would’ve made a difference. #BackTo60
Between October 2012 & April 2017, employers had to enrol eligible employees into a workplace pension. My firm was mandated to go live in May 2016 - I WAS ALREADY OVER 60! After years of denial, that felt like government having a laugh. Too little, too late. #BackTo60 #NoCrumbs
A dereliction of duty by governments, as well as lack of notice & fairness, was the failure to replace the withdrawal of 5 years SP, with a compulsory obligation in 1995 by employers to provide a ‘private’ pension. #50sWomen Discrimination? Always! #BackTo60 #FullRestitution
Govs should’ve have waited for #50sWomen to have parity to be able to survive SPA increases. They furtively stole our SP; an obscenity of no fiduciary responsibility; poor husbandry of NICs; no alignment of legislation with outcome; denied by contrived political choice. #BackTo60
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