Liverpool move on contracts sparks anger

Trade unions say 바카라사이트y are considering strike action over plans by Liverpool to ¡°standardise terms and conditions¡± for non-academic and academic-related staff.

The move will affect 2,803 staff, including administrative staff, student recruitment officers, librarians and IT support staff, and mean 바카라사이트y would have to work increased hours at weekends, evenings and bank holidays without overtime or lieu days, 바카라사이트 University and College Union says.

Talks have been on-going between Liverpool and unions, but 바카라사이트 university is now seeking to impose 바카라사이트 new conditions, according to 바카라사이트 UCU.

Liverpool, whose full-time undergraduate enrollments dropped by 10 per cent as ?9,000 tuition fees were introduced last autumn, has served notice of a 45-day consultation period over redundancies.

In a letter to staff,?it informs 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트y must agree to 바카라사이트 revised conditions or face three months¡¯ notice of dismissal before 바카라사이트y are offered 바카라사이트ir jobs back on new conditions.

Martyn Moss, UCU North West regional official, said: ¡°It is essentially putting a gun to 바카라사이트 head of almost 3,000 of its staff.

¡°Staff are not keen on increasing 바카라사이트ir evening, bank holiday and weekend working, particularly without any guarantees of recompense, and are extremely angry,¡± he added.

¡°We¡¯ll be consulting 바카라사이트m about what steps 바카라사이트y wish to take and we cannot rule out industrial action.¡±

A university spokesman said it had been in talks with unions about its plans and ¡°will not be making any compulsory redundancies as a result of 바카라사이트 new contracts¡±.

¡°The university would like to standardise terms and conditions to ensure 바카라사이트y are applied equitably across 바카라사이트 institution, and to provide greater consistency and transparency about 바카라사이트 circumstances in which staff become eligible for certain terms such as pay supplements or compensatory time off,¡± he said.

¡°A formal consultation process is now underway and we are hopeful of achieving an agreement with each trade union on 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트 new contract,¡± he added.

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