THE UNIVERSITY AND College Union (UCU) has announced 14 strike days starting in 22 February across 61 universities across the UK. The strikes are in response to the proposals from the Universities United Kingdom (UUK) group to
reform the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The proposed changes would end the ‘defined benefit’ funds which provide a guaranteed income on retirement. Lecturers would be set to lose £10 000 per year or a total of £200 000. Out of 700 UCU members at the University of York, 430 voted on whether to take strike action with 88 per cent in favour.
The strikes […]
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