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 Message from Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary1 December 2011 | To: FE and HE UCU members involved in the USS/TPS/STSS/NITPS disputes Dear colleague,Thank you for your magnificent support for UCU during yesterday's strike to defend our pensions. I am sure you will join me too in welcoming the more than 2,500 new members who joined UCU during November so they could take part in the strike alongside you. Our action together should leave government and employers in no doubt about the importance we attach to protecting our pensions. You can see all the wonderful pictures and news from UCU members across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland yesterday here: http://www.ucu.org.uk/n30 I was lucky enough to meet and march alongside some of you yesterday. Many of you made it clear to me how difficult a decision it had been to take any strike action which affects students. For educators, that is the way it should be and that is why I am so grateful for your support in standing up to be counted yesterday. I wanted you to know that later this morning, I and my colleagues from the other education unions will meet ministers for further discussions on the Teachers Pension Scheme to which 70,000 UCU members belong. For our 50,000 members covered by the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), a further meeting with the employers is scheduled for 16 December. USS members are asked to continue their work to contract campaign. We will, as you would expect, approach talks in a positive way, and continue to work in good faith to find a negotiated agreement on behalf of members in the USS, TPS and other schemes. If we cannot make progress we may need to consider further strike and other action alongside our colleagues in other unions where appropriate. As ever, you have my word that the union will do all it can to reach a fair agreement and that further strikes will be a last resort. Thank you once again for your support. Sally Hunt UCU general secretary PS Some members not called out on strike or who have not had pay deducted have asked if you can make a financial contribution to UCU's strike fund. You can do so online here: http://www.ucu.org.uk/fightingfund |
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