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From:
Omar Jabary Salamanca <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 25 February 2013 08:59
Subject: Re: URGENT - Stop the witch hunt against fellow workers - Defend Jawad and Max!
To:
Dear all,
Adding insult to injury the management of Londonmet’s Working Lives Research Institute (WLRI) has decided to also suspend Prof. Steve Jefferys, Head of the Working Lives Research Institute and Director of the Faculty Advanced Institute for Research. As the London Metropolitan University UNISON branch states, this action should be regarded not only as an attack on union activism but also an attack on academic freedom.
Please help to increase pressure to reinstate Max, Jawad & Steve by signing and distributing this new petition:
For more information about the case see below.
In solidarity
Omar
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From:
Defend Max, Jawad and Steve <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 23 February 2013 20:38
Subject: SIGN THE PETITION to Reinstate Max, Jawad & Steve and defend Social Justice Research
To:
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Now, even more than ever, we need to increase the pressure on management to reinstate Max, Jawad & Steve and defend Social Justice Research. Below is a link to our e-petition. Please sign and pass on the link as widely as possible:
Reinstate Max, Jawad & Steve and defend Social Justice Research
petition.
ESCALATION OF LMU MANAGEMENT ACTION: SUSPENSION OF PROF STEVE JEFFERYS
In case you have not already heard, the situation has deteriorated, with the university management escalating the situation by choosing to also suspend Prof. Steve Jefferys, Head of the Working Lives Research Institute and Director of the Faculty Advanced Institute for Research. We regard this action to be not only an attack on union activism (as if that wasn't bad enough) but also an attack on academic freedom. We also believe that this escalation to be hugely damaging to London Met's reputation.
NEW EMAIL TEMPLATE
In light of this development we have a new email template on the UNISON website. If you have not yet sent an email to the Vice Chancellor and HR then please do. If you have already sent the previous email then please send another email with the new template.
STOP THE WITH HUNT BLOG
We are organising a public meeting to discuss our campaign and galvanise support. Watch out for updates about time, location and speakers.
FINAL REMINDER
Finally, please take a few seconds to sign the petition.
On 20 February 2013 09:01, Omar Jabary Salamanca
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Please take a minute to consider signing the petition below.
The hearing against Jawad and Max is tomorrow!
Also, please distribute this around.
Cheers
Omar
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The campaign to defend Jawad and Max:
Jawad Botmeh and Max Watson have been suspended from their positions at London Metropolitan University pending an investigation. Max is the branch Chair of UNISON at the University. Jawad has worked at the University for over four years as an administrative staff. Jawad's recent election to the Board of Governors of the London Met University meant that the Vice Chancellor became aware of his conviction in 1996 for conspiracy to cause explosions - an appalling miscarriage of justice - which Jawad declared upon his initial employment. See Amnesty International -- http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=14085>, UNISON's National Delegate Conference<http://unison.co.uk/MotionText.asp?DocumentID=992860 -- and the MPs who signed an early-day motion -- http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2003-04/111-- all share the view that this was a miscarriage of justice.
The VC is using this as an opportunity to get rid of both a union activist and a union supported staff governor. In the first hearing with Jawad a few days ago, the VC informed him that the 'trust and confidence' of the employer in him cannot be maintained, or so he suggests. He further said that it is not Jawad's conduct that is under scrutiny. The VC set aside the university's own disciplinary manual to deal with Jawad on the basis of pure prejudice.Jawad spent 14 years of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit, essentially because he is Palestinian. Now he is being targeted once again. We urge you to act to oppose another miscarriage of justice.
London Met University colleagues are standing by Jawad and Max and we ask you to do the same by sending the email on link below to VC:
http://www.londonmetunison.org.uk/news/