Tag Archives: Catering

Time to take our catering back, and reward our catering staff properly

Posted on November 26, 2022 by unionadmin

Some years ago, a campaign by the Combined Union Committee saved the jobs of the majority of GCU catering staff – due to be paid off by Glasgow Caledonian University just before Christmas 2016. This involved a threatened boycott by … Continue reading →

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Victory for GCU Catering workers – no jobs to be lost

Posted on March 23, 2017 by unionadmin

Campus Unions reacted positively to the news today that an apparently positive ending had been reached to the catering fiasco which had been threatening Cordia workers jobs. According to a statement from the university, reported in the Evening Times here, … Continue reading →

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GCU staff vote for boycott if catering jobs are lost

Posted on November 22, 2016 by unionadmin

Despite being called during one of the busiest teaching days of the week, and at less than a week’s notice, a concerned meeting of university staff voted unanimously that they would boycott any new outlets set up by outside caterers if such … Continue reading →

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Reprieve for threatened workers as catering common sense is applied at GCU

Posted on November 14, 2016 by unionadmin

It’s official – Xmas is not cancelled – catering contract change postponed till April 2017 Although it’s not the end of the story,  69 families will now be facing Christmas with a much happier outlook following the welcome announcement that … Continue reading →

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