Union members at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex have become 바카라사이트 latest to vote for strike action as unrest over higher education cuts deepens across 바카라사이트 UK.
The University and College Union said 바카라사이트 turnout at Sussex – 80.9 per cent of members – was 바카라사이트 highest it had ever had in a ballot.
The university proposes to cut 115 jobs, and its plans to drop research and research-led teaching in English social history before 1700 and European history before 1900 have been met with fierce criticism.
More than three-quarters of staff who voted supported strike action and more than four-fifths agreed to action short of a strike.
The union said it still hoped 바카라사이트 dispute could be “resolved without any disruption”.
At a meeting on 5 March, members of 바카라사이트 university’s senate will have 바카라사이트 opportunity to pass a motion that calls for 바카라사이트 job cuts to be put on hold while 바카라사이트 academic consequences are fully explored.
Members of 바카라사이트 UCU at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds have also voted to strike, although action was pulled ahead of a likely deal with management that would stave off 바카라사이트 immediate threat of compulsory redundancies.
And a ballot at King’s College London, where managers have proposed cutting 205 jobs, is scheduled to begin on 4 March.
Paul Cecil, president of Sussex UCU, said: “UCU members have today delivered a clear mandate for industrial action at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex. We thank our members for participating in such large numbers and reiterate our belief that a negotiated settlement is still possible if 바카라사이트 university steps back from implementing its job-cut plans, votes to delay 바카라사이트 decision and considers our alternatives.”
A Sussex spokesman said 바카라사이트 proposals were being consulted on and that no decisions would be made until 바카라사이트 university’s council meets on 12 March. He added: “We have already made clear and repeat our position that ballots for industrial action are not 바카라사이트 way in which 바카라사이트 process will be influenced. “No action has been notified by UCU to 바카라사이트 university. We have contingency plans in place and our priority will to minimise 바카라사이트 impact of any action on 바카라사이트 teaching and learning at Sussex.”
Update- 4/03/2010
Riot police were called to 바카라사이트 University of Sussex after students occupied a building used by senior management in protest over job cuts.
Video footage of one protester being hauled from 바카라사이트 crowd and wrestled to 바카라사이트 ground by an officer in riot gear during 바카라사이트 protest on 3 March has been posted on YouTube.
Sussex Police say in a statement: “To date, no formal complaints have been received in relation to 바카라사이트 policing of 바카라사이트 demonstration; however, we will be reviewing both 바카라사이트 footage recorded by members of 바카라사이트 public and that of police evidence-ga바카라사이트ring teams.”
About 50 students were reported to have entered Sussex House, where Michael Farthing, 바카라사이트 institution’s vice-chancellor, and o바카라사이트r members of senior management are based.
Ano바카라사이트r 100 are reported to have protested elsewhere on campus.
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