UCU to take London-wide strike action in pensions row

The strike is in protest against changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), which UCU says will see greater contributions from pension scheme members in exchange for reduced benefits.  
 
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'Educators do not like taking strike action. Our chosen vocation is to change lives and transform life chances and we are unlikely militants. However, it is not fair for ordinary people to suffer huge cuts in their standards of living for a crisis they did not create.'

UCU will meet with other unions to talk about further action in the coming weeks.

UPDATE: Members in TPS outside London, STSS and NITPS are NOT being called to take further action at this time: further information