I AM asking all your Star readers to support me and other public service workers when we take strike action on Wednesday, November 30.

I know that it’s a big ask because the government is doing its best to make out that our pensions are massive and unaffordable (that is just not true).

The health and local government schemes were renegotiated only a few years ago to make sure that they were fair and sustainable.

We had to pay more then, and we now pay between 6-8% of our wage towards pension and have to work longer. Now the government is coming after more.

The schemes are still sustainable and not a penny of the money that they take from our pay is going into pension scheme (it’s being used to pay off the deficit).

That is why I am going to vote yes to strike action.

Marie Villiers, St Helens (full details received)