Tag: Cuts
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GCU Management: Much of their financial speculations ‘based on projections’….(but ‘realistic’ projections…)
The trade unions at Glasgow Caledonian met with senior management for their second meeting on Wednesday 16th March to discuss the plans to make 95 staff redundant . EIS, UCU, UNITE and UNISON were all represented by members from GCU and full time officials apart from UCU who were represented by an official only. The…
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Question asked about GCU in Scottish Parliament
Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab): Many of my constituents go to local colleges in order to access higher education institutions such as Glasgow Caledonian University, where a rally against cuts was held yesterday. Does the cabinet secretary believe that it is a good use of education funding for GCU bosses to spend over £1…
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UCU to strike at GCU on Thursday 24th March
It’s our jobs and our future we’re striking about. We urge all members of UCU to support your union and the fight for our jobs and our future by taking action on Thursday 24th March. GCU’s management has cynically stated: “The local UCU ballot results were combined with those at other institutions, so we are…
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95 surprise ‘guests’ at rally join with other staff to reject unacceptable job threats at GCU
These are some of the 95 surprise ‘Guests’ at the packed union rally who joined with other GCU staff to reject the unacceptable threats to 95 support staff at GCU, and to say that with the staff united, these proposals, will be defeated. A full report will appear in caledonianunion very soon indeed, and further…
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Lunchtime Rally at GCU – Thursday 17th March 12 noon – Say no to 95 job losses!
Following our meeting with management last week GCU Trade Unions and their officials have been called to another meeting this Wednesday. To give a full report back and to keep the campaign against the 95 jobs going we have called a Lunchtime meeting/rally for this Thursday 17th March at 12 noon in the Carnegie Lecture…
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Report of Meeting with GCU Management Thursday 10th March
The trade union representatives had a meeting with Senior Management this morning from 10 – 12 to discuss the compulsory redundancies announced by management last Thursday evening and the imposition of a number of policies on staff by HR and Senior Management earlier in the year. The trade unions EIS, UCU, UNISON and UNITE were…
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Letter in Scotsman about ‘deeply secretive and incestuous system’ at GCU
Here is the text of a letter from UCU Scotland in reply to David Beeby’s letter in the Scotsman of 2nd March: David Beeby, Executive Director of Finance, is correct to state (letters 2 March) that senior staff at Caledonian university are paid at the same ludicrous rate as comparable universities. The burgeoning budget for…
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Why Management Strategy at GCU is wrong
At 8am on 4th March, Principal Pamela Gillies announced in an e-mail to all staff that as a result of proposals presented to University Court by the Executive Board “a reduction of 95 support and administrative posts across the University may be necessary.” It was claimed that these proposals take place “against a background of…
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