Wednesday, 21 January 2015

why babyboomers should vote for change

We the older working age need to show solidarity with all of our generation who face discrimination and exclusion on the basis of age and to ensure a fair and just allocation of resources for all ages and the elimination of poverty. This to be coupled with  a commitment to  fair taxation so that the rich - as individuals and corporations- pay their fair share of income and wealth tax.
There are 3.5 million older working age (50- 65+) who are out of work, millions of us who are in or face poverty, including over 1 million women carers in poverty as a result of sacrificing wages, National Insurance contributions and thus pension entitlements to look after their parents, children and grandchildren.
We are also the ones that are suffering from the privatisation of utilities, the creeping privatisation and cuts to the NHS and the austerity cuts to such public services as social and health care, library and community / health centre closures.
our generation was successful in the 60s and 70s fighting for social and economic justice and raising the banner of youthful change - we should now support the new generation of youth fighting for social and economic fairness. We benefitted from high levels of wages compared to the allocation of  profits and  senior managers / directors, which is why we had an ongoing economic boom and we all gained. We should surely not forget this and join the struggle to maintain  workers and trade union rights and an end to austerity paid for through fair taxation and the redistribution of wealth from the 1% to the rest of us , especially those at the n bottom.
This can be done in many ways bit one is to vote for parties and candidates supporting these principles - such as the Greens and the SNP in Scotland, and certainly not the Tories, Lib Dems or YUKIP

what can the over 50s expect from the elections - your views please

Hi
As the UK election gets underway Wise Age would like to  challenge all the main parties and candidates to be MPS this May to commit to supporting the interests and needs of older working age people. We want them to support our Charter for Older workers and our age diversity Declaration  to ensure we get a fair and just reward for our work, overcome the ageism prevalent in our society and economy and help overcome poverty and discrimination facing many of us today.
Wise Age  want to launch  this campaign as a follow up the success of Age Platform Europe's successful lobbying of MEP candidates to get them to commit to supporting older people.
We would like to hear from older working age people( 50-65+) and organisations representing seniors about your views as to what we should be focusing on in our questioning of all the parties and candidates.
please respond to contact@wiseage.org.uk