Saving Gold-Plated Pensions Stokes Bitter British Union Fight
- British academics back strike action, one union said Thursday
- Universities see higher contributions key to pension survival
Pedestrians walk along the beachfront promenade in Eastbourne.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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As the embers of Britain’s once mighty labor movement flicker, the biggest fight in years has come to this: academics are weighing a strike to save their gold-plated retirements.