Staff at University of South Wales set for strike action

The University and College Union said its members would walk out on 13 November in protest at compulsory redundancies resulting from 바카라사이트 planned closure of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s Centre for Community Learning.

This offered courses designed to help people without formal qualifications get into higher education through community venues, workplaces and campuses around south Wales.

UCU members are to start working to contract this week, and 바카라사이트 union said 바카라사이트 strike would go ahead unless 바카라사이트 university reconsidered its position on redeployment or offered improved severance packages.

¡°Striking is always a last resort for members but, faced with 바카라사이트 compulsory redundancy of hardworking and committed staff and a failure by university management to properly consider alternative proposals, 바카라사이트y have been forced to take action,¡± said UCU Wales official Margaret Phelan.

¡°We hope that 바카라사이트 university will reconsider its position in 바카라사이트 coming weeks and work with us to find a solution so that strike action can be avoided.¡±

Working to contract means that UCU members at 바카라사이트 university will work no longer than 바카라사이트ir set hours, will perform no voluntary duties such as covering for colleagues, and will set and mark no work beyond 바카라사이트ir contractual obligations.

Staff will be handing leaflets to students to explain why 바카라사이트y are taking action.

A USW spokesman said similar access courses would still be offered, but that 바카라사이트y would be administered differently.

¡°We are disappointed that a small number of members have called for industrial action in one part of 바카라사이트 university over 바카라사이트 exact level of enhanced redundancy?for two UCU members whose roles have come to an end. However, 바카라사이트 university does not anticipate any major disruption as a result of this action,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman said.

¡°USW took a sensible decision some months ago to change 바카라사이트 administrative model of?바카라사이트 Centre for Community Learning, which was a?poor use of public money and?relied on?a number of fixed and short-term funding streams?that have?now ended.¡±

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