Unions threaten 'major dispute' to protest USS changes

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Unions are threatening a "major industrial dispute" if planned changes to the Universities Superannuation scheme go ahead.

The University and College Union will ballot members on strike action on 25 November. It comes in response to USS’s plans to switch to a career average revaluated earnings arrangement for new en...

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