Motion
- Motion title
- Voluntary redundancies
- Session
- 2010-2011
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 29 May 2011
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- 19
- Motion text
Congress notes that colleges and universities are increasingly using trawls for 'voluntary redundancies' as a way of avoiding industrial action while shedding jobs.
When this occurs, remaining staff face damaging pressure, with mounting workloads and stress. They are unable to offer the quality of teaching that our students deserve.
Congress resolves that UCU while continuing to oppose compulsory redundancies, will also resist the loss of jobs which lead to a worsening provision for students and extra work pressures on remaining staff, and be prepared to take industrial action to defend those jobs, while not preventing innovation and the development of new courses and materials.
UCU should fight to protect members from the threats that can pressure them into taking so-called 'voluntary' redundancy.
- Proposing body
- Composite
- Amended
- Yes
- Allocated to
- Recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (ROCC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2011/C/05-29/114/19