Unison members 'narrowly' accept USS offer
Just over half (52%) of Unison members voted to accept a pledge to keep defined benefit provision in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) until at least April 2019 in an "above-average" turn-out.
The consultation of 1,300 members took place from 5 April to 13 April - where members were asked directly if they were willing to accept Universities UK's (UUK) proposals to end the USS dispute, according...
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