Staff at Wales National Pool Swansea and Swansea Bay Sports Park are facing transfer to Freedom Leisure, but their pension rights are at risk. Some workers could lose access to the Local Government Pension Scheme or face a serious cut to their future pension provision.
Wales National Pool is a major public sporting asset for Swansea and for Wales. The people who keep it safe, clean, open and professionally run should not pay the price for a change of operator.
Decision-makers at Swansea Council, Welsh government and other public bodies still have influence over what happens next. They can press Freedom Leisure, SBSP Ltd, Swansea Council, Swansea University and Sport Wales to guarantee no pension detriment before the transfer goes ahead.
Send an email now to urge key decision-makers to protect staff pensions, back a written TUPE-plus agreement and meet UNISON and affected workers urgently.