New pension scheme 'good quality'published at 10:12 British Summer Time 16 August 2018
Allen Cook
BBC News
Staffordshire University says it's "regrettable" that staff with the Unison trade union are striking today in a dispute over pensions.
The union claims a new pension scheme for lower grade workers is inferior and a "targeted and unfair attack", adding that 80% of members backed the strike today.
The university says about 500 of its support staff have been moved on to the new scheme as of 1 August, and describes it as "good quality".
It adds it hasn't made the changes lightly, calling if a "difficult decision" after consultation.