The Oxford Student: University employees to hold strike vote over proposed pension scheme

The Oxford Student has reported that the University and College Union (UCU) has said it will call for a vote on a strike ballot this coming fall if 69 UK universities do not agree to change their proposed pension scheme for the coming years.

In April the University Superannuation Scheme (USS) raised the employee contribution to pensions from 8% to 8.8% and plans to raise contributions to 11.7% by April of next year.

Representing university employees, UCU has issued a demand to the universities that belong to USS and recognize UCU that employee contributions be brought back down to 8%.

Last year, UCU members went on strike at 64 universities across the UK over proposed pension changes and forced Universities UK (UUK) to retract their proposal at the time.