Universities have made offers to staff striking in long running disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions. Walk outs at every university in Wales and across Britain are still due to continue tomorrow and Friday (March 16 and 17) while the new offers are considered by union members.
The University and College Union (UCU) said the offers pave the way for the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension to be restored by August 2024. Members had protested that changes to pensions would leave them tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket in retirement.
They new offers also “pave the way” to ending the use of involuntary zero-hour contracts in higher education, and to agreeing new standards, frameworks and principles to tackle other forms of casualised contracts, reduce workloads and close equality pay gaps, the UCU said.
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