A well attended branch meeting on 11 September agreed to send a strong message to next week’s delegate conference on the future of the USS pension scheme. There were different points of view in the meeting but everyone was agreed on the need to defend one of the last remaining defined benefits pension schemes in the country. Full details of the meeting are in the minutes.

National UCU briefings on USS pension:

Branch briefing (July 2014)

Report and recommendations of UCU Superannuation Working Group to Special Conference on USS (September 2014)