Category: Combined Union Committee
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GCU Court needs to act NOW on shocking findings of Staff Survey
Fact. The GCU Trade Unions were not consulted about the contents of the survey nor questions within it. Fact. The survey was issued after a long period of senior management minimising real consultation with the unions at GCU. Fact. The result of the survey is a damning indictment of long term inept management at the…
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Why join a union at GCU? – Five months back pay – that’s one reason!
Staff who were successful in the recent promotions round were shocked to find out that guarantees given by former HR head Jim Gibson were being ignored. A letter from Jim to those applying for promotion clearly stated that the implementation date for the new contracts would be August 1st 2011. However, this was not the…
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Piping in the start of the Demo
Showing that you’d have to get up early in the morning to beat the unions at GCU, a piper regales the security staff as they march off the campus at the turn of midnight on the 29th. Organised by Unison and supported by the joint unions – these staff braved the worst weather Glasgow could…
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Combined Union Pre-Strike Rally Nov 29th – ALL OUT ON N30!
The GCU Combined Union Committee have called a Joint Rally for Tuesday Nov 29th – details below. This is called on the eve for the massive strike in defence of pension rights on November 30th. 3 million workers are to take strike action on N30 – this will include those at GCU in 3 unions:…
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Join the march for Pensions Justice – 30th November in Glasgow
The STUC has organised a march for Pensions Justice Wednesday 30th November in Glasgow. All Unions at Glasgow Caledonian are calling for their members to support this. It’s for more than the HE sector. It’s for more than the Public Sector. It’s for more than this generation – it’s for our children, and their children.…
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GCU Unions – Management do not have a monopoly on wisdom
The trade unions at GCU note that Court endorsed the Executive proposals on restructuring at their meeting yesterday. Whilst happy with the removal of the threat of 95 compulsory redundancies, which was made by the Executive on 18th May, the trade unions are disappointed that none of the suggestions and alternatives to the management driven…
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Celebrate saving our jobs – see you at Dows on 10th June!
It’s been a tough year to work at Caledonian – this trimester in particular – so GCU’s combined unions are organising a social event in Dows on Dundas Street on Friday 10th June. Lets make it a night to remember Contact your union reps for tickets or more information. All of us at CaledonianUnion hope to…
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Scottish Parliament hears the case for reform of University Governance
A packed Committee Room 1 of the Scottish Parliament heard calls for bringing democracy to the present system of University Governance – widely seen as ‘not fit for purpose’, in the view of university staff from the majority of Scotland’s universities. MSPs from the governing SNP, and from Labour and the Greens were clearly disturbed…
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GCU Petition to Court launched as UCU and EIS decide for action
Following senior management rejection of the joint Trade Unions offer to work together to lobby the new government for additional funding if the threat of compulsory redundancies was lifted, an all staff petition has been launched to pressurise the University Court to live up to its responsibilities towards GCU. This reads: Dear Chair of Court…
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