Looking forward
At the University of Glasgow the university and the union have reached a joint agreement about coping with the new situation.
Universities
Universities
The dark hand of the EU
The University and College Union (UCU) has rightly refused to agree to huge increases in the staff pensions contributions to the main universities pension fund, the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
Putting profit above staff and students
While university staff are forced to take industrial action to protect their wages and conditions, universities are piling up surpluses – and paying big salaries to their top administrators. What’s going on?
Strong support in Glasgow for university pay and pensions fight
3 December 2019
Despite the rain, pickets were out in force yesterday for the Monday morning picket at the University of Glasgow.
University workers start strike action
25 November 2019
Classes at universities across Britain and Northern Ireland are being disrupted as staff begin an eight-day strike today. The action is due to last from 25 November until 4 December.
Pensions: thanks to the EU, it's not all over yet
Despite progress in the universities pensions fight, the employers still do not accept – and many staff still fail to understand – that there is no pensions deficit at all. It’s actually a destructive fabrication imposed by EU diktat…
Pensions: university bosses try it on again
7 September 2018
University managements are circulating a pension proposal to university workers for consultation based on fundamentally flawed assumptions about the economy and interest rates.
Truce in uni pensions fight
The long-running dispute over pensions conducted by members of the University and College Union (UCU) has been suspended after they voted by 64 per cent to 36 per cent to accept the employers’ latest proposals.
Truce in universities pensions fight
16 April 2018
The long-running dispute over pensions conducted by members of the University and College Union has been suspended after they voted decisively to accept the employers’ latest proposals.
University union ballots on pensions offer
9 April 2018
Members of the University and College Union are currently being balloted over the employers’ latest proposals in the long-running university pensions dispute.
University pensions fight
Strike action has begun in universities across Britain as academic staff fight back against the plan to close their final salary pension scheme.
University pensions fight takes off
28 January 2018
Strike action will begin in universities across Britain as academic staff fight back against the plan by the university employers to close their final salary pension scheme.