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Special HE sector conference - January 2012: USS

10 January 2012

At its December meeting, HEC agreed to call a decision-making conference of pre-92 branches to discuss recent developments in the dispute and plans to escalate industrial action.

Date: Tuesday 31 January 2012


Conference of pre-92 branches

The conference discussed motions (see Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE131 below) relating to the report and recommendations from the negotiators (see Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø129 below).

Background

Branches are aware that, at the end of October, the employers' agreed to further talks on issues relating to the USS scheme but outwith the extreme constraints imposed by the formal JNC machinery.

On 16 December, Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø representatives met directly with employers' representatives. We pressed the employers on their insistence on ending the right to an unreduced pension in the event of redundancy from 2013. We envisage that 2013 could potentially be a year of particular upheaval in the sector. We also pressed the employers' representatives for a response to the changed pension landscape, in particular the recent developments in other public sector schemes. We said the employers needed to respond to the terms of the CARE schemes that even this Government was offering to others working in public services. There were further meetings in on 5, 10 and 12 January.

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE132: USS pre-92 conference for branches - the outcome of motions and debate


Key documents

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE131A: Motions and amendments submitted to pre-92 conference on USS dispute (ordering)

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE131: Motions and amendments submitted to pre-92 conference on USS dispute

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE130: USS conference for pre-92 branches - change to delegate entitlement

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE129: Branches are asked to consider the motion and report for the 31 January conference

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE127: USS - conference for pre-92 branches.

  • Âé¶¹¹ÙÍøHE124: USS - conference for pre-92 branches.

Last updated: 25 April 2023