London Met Uni UCU to strike on 7 May

Submitted by martin on 3 May, 2009 - 11:42

The lecturers' union UCU is striking at London Metropolitan University on 7 May against planned job cuts. The union branch says: London Met UCU have been balloting on industrial action to oppose our management's insistence on the loss of 550 full-time-equivalent posts – which will result in up to 800 job losses, one quarter of our entire workforce.

The result of our ballot was 64% for strike action, as well as 71% for Action Short Of Strike, on a high turnout.

We have now decided to action that ballot with a university-wide one day strike on 7 May. The timing is such that we will be taking action to avoid disrupting our students' exams that start the following Monday, in order that our strike is combined with student action to save our university.

We will have picket lines from 8am at across the University (our main campus buildings are located very near to the following tube stations: Holloway Road, Moorgate, Aldgate East, and Whitechapel) where we, together with our students, will be collecting signatures for our petition, etc...

In addition we will be holding a mass rally at 1pm outside Tower Building, Holloway Road (just opposite Holloway Road tube on the Piccadilly line). Please make every effort to join us in the morning if possible and to send delegations (and banners) from your branches to our rally in the afternoon.

Further updates will be posted on our website www.lmuucu.org.uk and daily blog.

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