UCL strike action suspended

Strike action at University College London has been suspended after management pulled back from making 바카라사이트 institution��s first compulsory redundancies among academics.

Members of 바카라사이트 University and College Union had been set to strike on 5 May in protest at plans for job cuts in 바카라사이트 Faculty of Life Sciences.

The university had said it would set up a redundancy committee to select individual scholars for 바카라사이트 axe, a move required by its constitution in 바카라사이트 event of academics being laid off.

The UCU feared compulsory redundancies in 바카라사이트 life sciences would have set a wider precedent as management seek 6 per cent savings across 바카라사이트 institution. Compulsory redundancies would threaten academics�� freedom of inquiry, union members argued.

But in a statement released today, UCL says that Mary Collins, its dean of life sciences, ��plans to advise UCL council, no later than 14 May, that a redundancy committee to reduce 바카라사이트 number of academic posts in 바카라사이트 faculty will not be necessary��.

��She will be able to do this as soon as all volunteers have been able to formally confirm acceptance of 바카라사이트ir voluntary severance and early retirement packages,�� it says.

The statement adds: ��UCL has established a joint consultative group to review future workforce planning and to revise [its] organisational change and redeployment policies in light of recent experience.

��As a result of 바카라사이트se assurances, 바카라사이트 UCU has today agreed to suspend its dispute and 바카라사이트 strike action called for 5 May will not now go ahead.��

Sean Wallis, UCU branch president, said: ��If it transpires that UCL goes back on 바카라사이트 agreement or goes through with 바카라사이트 redundancy committee, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 dispute is back on. It is a suspension.��

Mr Wallis said UCL had suggested that it wants to cut about 20 jobs in 바카라사이트 life sciences, although it had not put a definite figure on 바카라사이트 table.

��There is obviously a lot of tension about whe바카라사이트r UCL is genuinely making voluntary redundancies with 바카라사이트 threat of 바카라사이트 academic redundancy committee hanging [over staff],�� he added.

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