Lecturers walk out in row over pensions

There have been pickets on campuses as university staff begin a strike in more than 50 universities, in a dispute over pensions. Lecturers have walked out at universities including nine Scottish universities at the beginning of a month-long strike campaign. Petitions signed by 80,000 students, many backing the lecturers, are demanding refunds for lost teaching.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43139066
Category: Education » Higher education. Keyword(s): Pensions; Compensation; Industrial action. Area(s) of law: Employment; Public Sector; Pensions; Education.
Source: BBC News.