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20 October 2010
University employers are facing a furious backlash following the decision to include a one-sided briefing on changes to university staff pension schemes. UCU said…
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7 October 2010
UCU today said that sweeping changes to pension schemes needed the backing of a scheme's members if they were to have any legitimacy. As John Hutton revealed plans…
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15 September 2010
Trade unionists in Manchester today gave their backing to UCU's fight to stop 'draconian' changes to their pensions. Members of the Universities Superannuation…
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23 August 2010
Seventy-one investment staff at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) shared bonus payments of £2.89m in the year to the end of March 2010. The USS board…
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29 July 2010
UCU slammed plans in the Independent Budget Review to reintroduce university tuition fees in Scotland. The union said the review, which also recommended 60,000…
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16 July 2010
Staff at the University College London (UCL) have put pressure on the Provost, Michael Grant, as part of their campaign to get cleaning, catering and security staff…
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16 July 2010
UCU today said a ballot of all members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) was required if the forthcoming consultation process was to have any legitimacy.…
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8 July 2010
A quango is under fire today for funding university employers to the tune of £627,000 to help them make the case for reducing their staff's pensions. The Employers…
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8 July 2010
UCU warned today that universities should brace themselves for serious industrial disruption after it emerged that the chairman of the Universities Superannuation…
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25 June 2010
UCU today welcomed the announcement by Staffordshire University that it will cancel plans to withdraw the university out of national pay bargaining. In a bulletin…
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