Goldsmiths sets 21 days

Submitted by AWL on 9 November, 2021 - 6:54
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In a ballot on industrial action against threats of (an initial) 52 redundancies at the college, 70.2% of Goldsmiths UCU members have voted. 93.3% voted for action short of a strike and 85.8% voted to strike. At a branch meeting on Monday 8 November, members voted for 21 days of consecutive strike action starting on 22 November.

The huge mandate for action came in the face of increasingly desperate attempts at intimidation by the Senior Management. A letter from the Warden to all students highlighting supposed concern for student welfare and promised the college will continue to be a “beacon of liberal values”.

This, while cutting professional service staff whose jobs are to support students, and cutting academic staff in those beacons of liberal values, English and History!

The tactics have backfired. Staff know further cuts will follow if sustained action is not taken now. Meanwhile student solidarity is building. As a escalation tactic, GUCU are also preparing a “a ‘boycott Goldsmiths’ greylisting campaign which aims at securing the withdrawal of all external involvement in the activities of the College, including external examination, speaker events, workshops and conferences.”

• Strike fund here

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