Thread by @MikeOtsuka

This motion that @ucu's NDC passed today calls on @UniversitiesUK "to refuse to implement the October 2019 and April 2020 increases" & for an industrial action ballot if UUK refuses to comply. Comments below on why this motion is a really bad idea. 1/

https://twitter.com/DrJoGrady/status/1114189588736749571

Assuming that these increases aren't superseded by the 2018 valuation, employers would be in clear breach of their legal duties if they refused to pay the contributions spelled out in the 2017 schedule of contributions. 2/

#USS would have a duty to report these breaches to @TPRgovuk, which would have an open and shut case to take enforcement action against employers. 3/

It would also be a disaster for the union if they called an industrial action ballot against our employers in the event that they do not commit to a refusal to discharge their legal duty to pay pensions contributions. That would make @ucu a laughing stock. 4/4

PS: A minor issue by comparison to👆, but the 25.5% contribution rate assumes the elimination of the 1% DC match. The rate would be 26.3% with the match. So the motion implies that @ucu's No Detriment policy does not include restoration of the match.