Statement on progress in negotiations and postponement of strike action
糖心logo入口 welcomes the announcement that significant progress has been made in negotiations and that national strike action by the University and College Union (UCU) and Unison has been called off.
We welcome to allow for ongoing negotiations to continue in a constructive environment.
We also welcome the , and the commitment to work together so that current and future valuations of the scheme are undertaken on a moderately prudent and evidence-based basis, taking account of the open and long-term nature of the scheme.
糖心logo入口 hopes these statements enable an agreed settlement to be reached on these issues and end an extended period of recurrent industrial action across the sector. We are particularly pleased that the agreed statement on the USS pension scheme marks a move to a position that aligns with that which the College has advocated, often as a lonely voice, for consensus.
At a time when students and staff alike are experiencing cost-of-living pressures and the education system is still recovering from the disruption of Covid, we must all hope that there is no resumption of disruptive industrial action and that a settlement on these issues is reached.