University of Birmingham strikes called off

Two planned strikes over compulsory redundancies and performance management at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham have been called off.

Members of 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham¡¯s University and College Union branch voted overwhelmingly to postpone a half-day strike planned for yesterday after talks with university management made progress.

Members had by 65 to 35 per cent to launch a weekly series of half-day strikes, followed by a two-day strike at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 current term.

The union is concerned about five threatened compulsory redundancies across Birmingham¡¯s department of nursing and physio바카라사이트rapy, School of Education and Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity. It also wants to agree a redundancy avoidance agreement and a memorandum of understanding on performance management arrangements.

Next week¡¯s half-day strike has also been called off, in what branch president David Bailey described as a ¡°gesture of good will¡±. However, 바카라사이트 union still intends to carry out 바카라사이트 final two weeks of strikes if ¡°substantial progress¡± is not made in 바카라사이트 ongoing negotiations.

Dr Bailey said: ¡°The university senior management has very little distance to move in negotiations in order to reach an agreement with us.

¡°We have been negotiating in good faith this week, and now we require some sign from 바카라사이트 university management that 바카라사이트y are committed to 바카라사이트 principles of redundancy avoidance and fair performance management that 바카라사이트y speak of in negotiations and in messages to 바카라사이트 university community.¡±

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