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7 October 2011
Universities urged to increase pressure to break talks impasse A sustained campaign of industrial action by members of UCU in 67 of the UK's best-known universities…
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30 September 2011
UCU members at the University of Essex will today present vice-chancellor Colin Riordan and director of finance Andrew Connolly with a mock invoice for £10m to…
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14 September 2011
UCU today said it will be joining other unions in a day of action to defend pensions on 30 November. The union, which was one of four that took strike action in…
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University staff vote for 'sustained campaign of industrial action' as employers impose pension cuts14 September 2011
67 of the UK's biggest universities and over one million students affected • Vote follows imposition of two-tier pension system without members' agreement • Staff…
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3 August 2011
UCU today (Wednesday) questioned why the chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) received a 'recognition award' of £50,000 while the dispute…
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28 July 2011
UCU said today that the government's planned raid on public sector pensions had nothing to do with keeping pension costs down and was simply a tax to raise funds…
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13 July 2011
Staff at London South Bank University (LSBU) will lobby members of the university's board of governors as they arrive for a key meeting tomorrow to decide whether…
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11 July 2011
A meeting between the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and representatives of the higher education trade unions took place today (Monday).…
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30 June 2011
Speakers at a London rally today spelled out the damage changes to pension schemes would do and called on the deputy prime minister to apologise for misleading…
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30 June 2011
UCU said this morning that strike action by its members in further education colleges and 'post-92' universities* was starting to have an impact with strong picket…
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