31 March 2010

Workplace news in brief

Shock for Unison bureaucracy: On 24 March Hampshire County Council Unison branch held a hustings for the Unison general secretary elections. All four candidates were invited. Three turned up and Dave Prentis sent a representative, writes A HCC Unison member.

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24 February 2010

Support the TUSC election challenge

In the forthcoming general election the three main parties will offer a diet of cuts in public services and attacks on pay, pensions and working conditions...

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3 February 2010

No cuts and no fees in further education

With unemployment continuing to rise, anyone would expect to see greater numbers of adults returning to education to re-train, writes Rae Lewis Ayling, National YFJ school and college student organiser.

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19 January 2010

No business in our education

Comment: I am a student who enrolled on the 'Stepping Stones Employability Skills' course at Leeds City College, Park Lane Campus...

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9 December 2009

Management bullying? Surely not...

A dispute over workplace bullying between Glyndwr University (Wrexham) administration and University and College Union (UCU) members escalated on Monday 7 December, when management attempted to get security and police to evict Glyndwr UCU organiser Hamish Murphy from his office, writes Edmund Schluessel.

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18 November 2009

Save Ashford further education

Students and staff at Brooklands college Ashford site in Surrey, previously Spelthorne college, received the shocking news last week that the Ashford college is to close next year...

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11 November 2009

College strike

UCU members at Barnsley college are fighting pay cuts and increased workload. Strike action took place on 3 and 5 November, writes Kirsty Morris Welsh.

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30 September 2009

Management forced to retreat

Tower Hamlets college: A month of all-out strike action has forced Michael Farley, the principal of Tower Hamlets College in the East End of London, to withdraw compulsory redundancy notices to 13 teachers, writes Pete Dickenson, UCU member.

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16 September 2009

College workers strike against vicious cuts

About 400 students, education workers and supporters gathered in Altab Ali Park in Aldgate to rally in support of the striking UCU members at Tower Hamlets college in East London, writes Chris Newby.

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30 June 2009

Crisis looms in FE colleges

National fight to defend education: FURTHER EDUCATION (FE) colleges across the country are facing a major crisis over the next months and years, writes Paula Mitchell.

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