UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike

UCU leader: strikes coming as staff are ‘burnt out and leaving sector’

V-c warns pension and pay strikes will damage whole sector but union members believe experience shows industrial action will force change

By Anna McKie

5 November

UCU announces eight days of strikes, starting late November

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by SeanieFinneran on November 19, 2019 - 7:55am

What a silly comment ‘if any employer takes a different view...’. Sounds like the employers body is quite happy for the strike to go ahead.

UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike

Jo Grady says ‘a lot of’ university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme

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UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike

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