No Cuts @ King's
Print versionSupport the campaign !
Staff across the College are now facing job losses : all members are urged to support the campaign. Please :
- Read and distribute the latest 'No Cuts' newsletter (see attached files below)
- Encourage your colleagues to join a union
- Come to the open meetings on 1-4 February and bring others
- Circulate posters for the open meetings (see attached files below)
- If you can help with the campaign, email ucu@kcl.ac.uk.
Open meetings, February 2010
These meetings are open to all King's staff, organised by UCU, Unison and UNITE at King's College London:
See the poster and the January 2010 newsletter (attached files below) for more details.
- Monday 1 February, room 1.11, FWB (Waterloo), 13:00
- Tuesday 2 February, L1, New Hunt's House (Guy's), 13:00
- Wednesday 3 February, K6.29, Strand, 13:00
- Thursday 1 February, Seminar room 1, IoP main building, De Crespigny Park, 13:30
See the poster and the January 2010 newsletter (attached files below) for more details.
No cuts: background
In April 2009 the Principal emailed staff outlining the possibility of redundancies at King's and his opposition to potential industrial action by UCU.
The joint campus unions held a meeting putting the case against redundancies. Financial savings can be made other than by job cuts. Furthermore in the present climate education should be an area for investment, not cutbacks. The 'No Cuts @ King's campaign was formed together with the other campus unions to defend education and job security. During the early summer the campaign collected over 2000 signatures for a petition which we presented to the Principal immediately before the College Council meeting in June.
The campaign contines and needs your support.
The joint campus unions held a meeting putting the case against redundancies. Financial savings can be made other than by job cuts. Furthermore in the present climate education should be an area for investment, not cutbacks. The 'No Cuts @ King's campaign was formed together with the other campus unions to defend education and job security. During the early summer the campaign collected over 2000 signatures for a petition which we presented to the Principal immediately before the College Council meeting in June.
The campaign contines and needs your support.
King's credit rating increased - "Outlook is stable"
The press release from Standard and Poor's (May 2009), attached below with sections highlighted by us in bold, indicates that the College's financial situation is not as precarious as it might appear.
Attached files
›
No Cuts newsletter, Jan. 2010
(pdf,
237 KB)
› Poster: open meetings, Feb. 2010 (pdf, 198 KB)
› Poster: Is your job safe (good for recruitment and general use) (doc, 247 KB)
› Poster: London-wide meeting December 2009 (pdf, 186 KB)
› Standard & Poor's Press Release May 2009 (doc, 28 KB)
› Petition to the Principal, 2009 (doc, 54 KB)
› No Cuts poster from April 2009 (doc, 247 KB)
› Poster: open meetings, Feb. 2010 (pdf, 198 KB)
› Poster: Is your job safe (good for recruitment and general use) (doc, 247 KB)
› Poster: London-wide meeting December 2009 (pdf, 186 KB)
› Standard & Poor's Press Release May 2009 (doc, 28 KB)
› Petition to the Principal, 2009 (doc, 54 KB)
› No Cuts poster from April 2009 (doc, 247 KB)