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Tag Archives: Executive
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, EIS, Executive Board, Management, NUS, Support, UCU
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, Executive, GCU Management, Pamela Gillies, UCU, Unison
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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, EIS, Executive, GCU Management, Pamela Gillies, UCU
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Adding insult to injury: GCU management organise line manager workshops for ‘when you have to give bad news’ at GCU
In an incredibly insensitive e-mail to GCU all staff the GCU OD department are now publicly advertising workships for line-managers on ‘handling difficult conversations’. Described as ‘a range of resources available to staff to support during the restructuring process’ the … Continue reading
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Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, David Beeby, Executive, GCU Management, Keith Ross, Pamela Gillies
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Management at GCU spurn trade union olive branch and continue with threat of redundancies
To begin with a quote from the message management formally gave the Unions at the consultation meeting yesterday “We are not at this moment in a position to guarantee no compulsory redundancies, but have stated that we will remove the … Continue reading
Posted in Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, EIS, Executive Board, Management, UCU, Unison
Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, David Beeby, Executive, GCU Management, Nick McKerrell, Pamela Gillies, UCU, Unison
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Unison Consultative Ballot – 97% in favour of being balloted on industrial action at GCU!
In a ballot of all Unison members at Glasgow Caledonian, and with a turnout of over 60 percent, an incredible 97% have voted in favour of being balloted on industrial action. In response to GCU Management plans for devastating cuts … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Executive Board, Management, Support, Unison
Tagged Davena Rankin, Executive, GCU Management, Unison
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Unions at GCU call for emergency meeting of Court, and immediate independent inquiry into Senior Management
Following David Beeby’s announcement at 7.30pm yesterday evening the GCU Combined Union Committee have issued the following statement “The trade unions at Glasgow Caledonian note with astonishment the statement from senior management that the UK Borders Agency has suspended our … Continue reading
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Tagged Combined Union Committee, Court, Cuts, David Beeby, Executive, GCU Management, Pamela Gillies
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GCU suspends “processing immigration paperwork”. What does this mean?
Breaking news: This is covered in the Herald:University Visas Suspended and in the Telegraph: University has Foreign Student Licence Suspended Earlier today (Wednesday 19th) , David Beeby,Vice-Principal Internationalisation, and Head of Finance at GCU, informed all staff that: “You may … Continue reading
Silent Protest asks Management to listen to reason at Glasgow Caledonian University
Despite union posters asking if the Principal was actually listening being removed from noticeboards throughout the university, apparently on the orders of senior management, a dignified, silent demonstration of staff concerned about cuts went on to be held outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged Combined Union Committee, Cuts, Executive, GCU Management, Pamela Gillies
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Is the Principal listening at Glasgow Caledonian? Invite to Silent Protest@Listening Event
Week 5 of our campaign against the 95 redundancies has begun. Last week saw the plans for the cuts to Central Service Clusters and a series of all staff meetings convened by management. The initial union response was circulated last … Continue reading
This is not sustainable thinking at GCU. We call on the management to reconsider.
The irony may be lost on some but in a month when specialist researchers in the Caledonian Environment Centre are facing the prospect of job cuts, the University prints a dedicated sustainability issue of the University’s public facing magazine, highlighting … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuts, Executive, GCU Management, Pamela Gillies, Sustainability
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