Save university pensions, and save the planet is a crowdfunded legal action separate from the main UCU pension dispute. It may be of interest to members and non-members who are in the USS scheme. Updates published on behalf of the team at savepensionsandplanet.org.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We got solicitors! Probably the best firm in the UK for business and human rights, Leigh Day, is joining our legal team on a no-win-no-fee basis. Together we are going to the Court of Appeal on 13 June to win back our pension and our right to life in a clean environment. We must hold the USS directors personally accountable for the damage they’ve caused to our pensions and the planet, and together we will close the deal and win!

To do this, we urgently need your support to raise the remaining funds for the hearing! We’ve raised 75% of the funds we need. Please:

• Give £10 or £20 CrowdJustice so we reach our funding target.
• Share the crowdfunding page with your colleagues and ask your UCU branch to email all their members asking for support!

Together, we can finish the crowdfund and head to the Court of Appeal!

Thank you so much for your hard work and support. Even if employers don’t, even if fund managers don’t, and this government doesn’t, we know how much you do every day to hold UK higher education together. We know that your work matters, and you deserve fair pay, a fair pension, and a living planet.

Best wishes,
Ewan and Neil