What’s going on with the USS pension scheme? Why? Is it really that bad? (Yes) What can we do about it? Open meeting with Sam Marsh (University of Sheffield), mathematician and author of article “10 reasons why USS is a … Read more
Email sent by branch president Vicky Blake to all members Dear Members, In this email: 1) Serious news – strikes confirmed 2) What next? 3) Reminder of key dates for meetings and activities building to USS Pension strike dates 4) Support and advice 5) Why … Read more
By Mark Taylor-Batty (Our pension investments are ‘de-risked’, due to a crazy excessive ‘prudence’) There are 500 races between a tortoise and a hare. The hare wins 499 of them, but falls asleep on the 500th and doesn’t cross the … Read more
(From UCU’s national website, ucu.org.uk) Strikes will begin on Thursday 22 February UCU has written to the 61 universities* to inform them of an escalating wave of strikes over a four-week period that will begin with a five-day walkout … Read more
The UCU higher education committee has announced a plan of strike action proportionate to the need to stop the terrible attacks planned on our old age. If talks fail, UCU members in 61 universities including ours will start incremental strike … Read more
UCU members at the University of Leeds, and across the country, have voted to strike over the outrageous attacks to our pensions which would see the ending of the defined-benefit scheme. The UCU national executive committee and the local committee … Read more
UCU has received a statement of support Angela Rayner, the shadow Secretary of State for Education, pledging full solidarity with ‘our brilliant university staff’. She also calls for negotiations for ‘as long as it takes’ to find a solution. “I … Read more
It would be great if you would let us know when you’ve voted in the pensions industrial action ballot by emailing ucu@leeds.ac.uk with the word ‘voted’ in the subject box. (We’re not asking what you voted.) This will help us to … Read more
Yesterday, our university management posted an update on the USS Pension scheme, under “latest news” which has led to queries from members. The university management’s statement contains a wholly inaccurate claim that the USS pensions dispute is “not a national … Read more
Leeds UCU will be making our views known about our statutes dispute and about pensions in a very festive way at lunchtime on Tuesday 5th December. We’ll be singing Christmas carols – with slightly different lyrics – around campus, with … Read more