{"id":376,"date":"2025-09-09T23:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/users\/unite\/?p=376"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:36:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:36:52","slug":"support-against-redundancies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/users\/unite\/support-against-redundancies-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Support against Redundancies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have received a letter, supporting us fighting redundancies at Lancaster University, from the local Labour party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL LABOUR GROUP
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF LANCASTER UNI STAFF AND TRADE UNIONS<\/strong>
In their fight against job cuts proposed by management<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Lancaster City Council Labour Group strongly supports the University and College Union (UCU) and the other campus trade unions \u2013 UNISON and Unite the Union \u2013 in this current fight back against mass compulsory redundancies at Lancaster University. These are simplistic and draconian cuts to livelihoods that will impact on hundreds of local families. We
thank UCU for bringing this matter to the attention of City Council by speaking at the July Council. The Lancaster Labour Group expresses our solidarity with staff and their elected representatives.
The Labour Group completely rejects Lancaster University\u2019s management defence of cutting over 450 staff as lazy and simplistic. We agree with UCU, Unison and Unite that this is a crisis entirely of senior management\u2019s making. If left to proceed, the job losses will have a devastating impact on our local community.
Cutting 1-in-4 academic and professional services jobs will negatively impact the local economy, leading to reduced overall spending and a decrease in local investment. This ill-conceived plan of forced redundancies will directly affect over 450 families in our district with
a knock-on impact on local businesses \u2013 all because an external consultancy told Lancaster University the easy way out was to sack front line staff. Ever since Lancaster University Court was abolished in 2018, Lancaster University senior executives have become accountable to no one and increasingly divorced from the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Labour Group in Lancaster calls on Lancaster University to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Withdraw the current ill-conceived redundancy plans<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Re-think their financial position and look at alternatives \u2013 perhaps senior executive
    pay and re-restructuring to share the pain with staff rather than looking after
    themselves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Work closely with campus trade unions and staff to develop alternative proposals<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Engage with the local community and Lancaster City Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Reinstate the Lancaster City Council representative to University Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Restore University Court<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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