Hi colleagues
you might want to send message of support to colleagues at Bournemouth
- and get your UCU branches to do so as well.
best wishes
Jane
UCU has warned Bournemouth University to think again over plans to axe
10 members of staff in the successful and globally-respected School of
Conservation Sciences. The school specialises in archaeology, ecology,
forensics and geography.
The union has launched a campaign to save the jobs of seven academics
and three laboratory technicians by the end of the year, arguing that
unrealistic financial targets and poor senior management are to blame
for the problems.
The redundancies were originally announced on 5 June. However, the local
union branch has been in talks with the university on how to avoid the
job losses. Those talks have now collapsed with the union warning that
strike action cannot be ruled out at this stage.
UCU representative at Bournemouth University, John Gale, who works in
the School of Conservation Sciences, said: 'UCU remains implacably
opposed to these redundancies, which are fundamentally a result of poor
senior management, bad financial decision making in pre-credit crunch
days and the imposition of unrealistic financial targets. We will be
stepping up our campaign against the redundancies and doing everything
we can to stop them, including potential strike action.'
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'The School of Conservation
Sciences is well-respected within its field and internationally. As the
government keeps making noises about the importance of science subjects
and makes extra student places available, Bournemouth University appears
to believe that axing staff is the best way to help. Too often we see
vice-chancellors making irrational and unhelpful job cuts when the
country and the economy are crying out for the complete opposite to be
done. Members of Bournemouth UCU have the full support of the union in
their campaign.'
Messages of support to John Gale
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