Your help needed to secure an adequate retirement income for all Australians.

Last week, the Federal Government introduced a bill into the Australian Parliament to increase employer superannuation contributions from 9 percent to 12 percent by 2019.

The vote on the bill is likely to occur in the week of 21 November. We need your help to make sure our politicians support better superannuation for all employees in our industry.

The National Executive of our union has endorsed a policy that employer superannuation contributions should increase to 15% to ensure that our members, who work for some of the wealthiest employers in the nation, can retire with dignity. The Government's bill is an important step in moving us towards our objective.

As you know, many employers in our industry advise customers that 12% to 15% superannuation contributions are necessary to ensure a comfortable retirement. Yet many of our most profitable employers still only pay the Government legislated 9% superannuation contribution which financial experts agree is not enough. The Federal Government's bill is the best chance we have to improve the adequacy of our retirement savings.

You can be an important part of making this happen by signing the online petition and asking all of your colleagues to do the same.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/increase-employer-superannuation-contributions-to-12.html

PLEASE, ONLY SIGN THE FSU PETITION IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO.

700 finance workers have already signed paper petitions, but we need more signatures in order to make our voice heard on this important issue.

P.S. Thanks very much to all our Workplace Reps who have already sent in pages of petitions. Your work is very much appreciated.