Pension fund threatens UCU boycotters with legal action
Lecturers from the University and College Union who help to run the sector鈥檚 拢30 billion pension fund are being threatened with High Court action 鈥 by the fund itself.
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UCU to hold strike ballot over jobs and pensions
Members of higher education's biggest union will vote on whether to strike over jobs and pensions in the new year, unless concessions are made by employers.A motion to hold "separate but parallel"...
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Time to wrest control of our pension pots from politicians' grasp
As expectations of retirement income take a turn for the worse, Andrew Oswald offers a few ideas for reversing the trend
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Cubie votes to scrap final-salary pensions
Union fears a two-tier system will emerge and damage staff recruitment. John Morgan reports
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Is your pension funding this?
Chris Bunting looks at ethical issues arising from institutional investments If you see a chain smoker coughing their lungs out on the street, rub your hands in glee. If you read a newspaper report...
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Is your pension funding this?
Chris Bunting looks at ethical issues arising from institutional investments If you see a chain smoker coughing their lungs out on the street, rub your hands in glee. If you read a newspaper report...
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Universities told to plough more money into pensions
Members' benefits may be cut because of the current credit crunch. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Imperial pension fears over 'last man standing' clause
A university collapse could have dramatic impact on contributions, council told. John Morgan reports
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UCU calls pension ballot
Industrial action an option in defence of final-salary deals and the traditional retirement age, union indicates. John Gill reports
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Trustees order revisions to employers鈥 pension reforms
The trustees of higher education鈥檚 biggest pension scheme have ordered changes to the employers鈥 plans for reform 鈥 but the University and College Union will press ahead with a strike ballot.
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Pension action plans threaten NUS-UCU alliance
The National Union of Students has warned lecturers that student support for industrial action over pensions could be withdrawn.
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V-cs paying for stalled USS talks, union says
UCU boycott of pension meetings may leave leaders with hefty bills. John Morgan reports
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Ballot call as online 鈥榬eferendum鈥 rejects USS plans
The University and College Union has called for a full ballot on changes to higher education鈥檚 largest pension scheme after 96 per cent of voters in its online 鈥渞eferendum鈥 rejected the employers鈥...
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Union accuses employers of 'trickery' as pension pot proves far from empty
University employers say that the UK sector's 拢30 billion pension fund is performing better than expected - proof that "draconian" cuts to benefits were not needed, a union has claimed.
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Willetts' critical position on final-salary pensions
David Willetts has applied extra pressure to the pension-reform process, saying that students should not be expected to "prop up" the academy's final-salary deals.The comments by Mr Willetts, the...