I apologise for the fact that this message is not directly about OR.
It is about a certain style of management.
It is about the way in which the senior management team at one particular UK
university is treating its academic staff, threatening to make compulsory
redundancies while simultaneously denying staff the right to representation
by their union.
On second thoughts, perhaps this message is actually about OR. Good OR is
about offering managers good advice in the matter of making important
decisions. I would like to suggest that this management team is in need of
such advice.
If you agree, would you please sign the on-line petition to the governors of
London Metropolitan University, which states:
“We, the undersigned, wish to protest at the refusal of London Met
management to consult UCU, the recognised trade union, over any issue but
most particularly over threatened redundancies. We urge you to insist that
the Vice Chancellor acknowledges that UCU is the recognised union
representing academic staff at London Met, and that he enters into
meaningful discussions with UCU officers as a matter of urgency on
threatened redundancies and other outstanding issues.”
The petition can be found at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/lmufight/petition.html
Thank you
Ben Atkinson
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