
UK’s ‘Home of Trade Union Education’ Under Fire from UCU for Union Busting
Five unionised members of staff have been suspended or threatened with redundancy
→Five unionised members of staff have been suspended or threatened with redundancy
→Lecturers will vote this autumn on taking further strike action over pay cuts and higher pension contributions
→There could be further major lecture strikes across UK universities over pensions.
→64 per cent of UCU members voted to accept the new proposals, meaning industrial action planned for next week is now suspended.
→The restructuring looks set to result in more job cuts than previously outlined.
→Both University of Southampton external examiners and University lecturers acting as examiners for other institutions are resigning as part of the continuing pensions scheme dispute between UUK and UCU.
→Strikes and action short of a strike will now continue until the end of this week.
→The agreement has yet be ratified.
→Steven Dibben proposes an ‘Alternative Restructure’
→The petition proposes that each student should recieve £300 from the University as compensation for the lectures and contact hours that will be lost.
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