![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-424x238.jpg 424w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-460x259.jpg 460w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-204x114.jpg 204w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-314x176.jpg 314w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-664x373.jpg 664w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-974x548.jpg 974w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-1304x733.jpg 1304w)
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200331231028/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Wim-Hoppenbrouwers-Flickr-CC-460x197.jpg)
Callum Cant on why it’s all kicking off everywhere (for fast food workers).
As tens of thousands of lecturers and other university staff across the country begin striking in protest against changes to their pensions, an anonymous University of London worker lays out the intricacies of the situation impacting workers in the capital.
Today was the first of fourteen days of strike action by the University and Colleges Union (UCU) over proposed 40% cuts to the USS pensions scheme. 61 campuses are taking part in the largest strike action in UK Higher education history. Callum Cant went to the picket lines to find out more.
We are always working to improve this website for our users. To do this we use usage data facilitated by cookies and external services. For more information read our Privacy Policy