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STAFF at the University of Manchester are to ballot on strike action over threatened redundancies, their union said yesterday.
The University and College Union (UCU) says bosses have reneged on a deal intended to avoid compulsory redundancies.
Thirty-seven staff have been told that they are at risk of redundancy and UCU said that a further 219 jobs in IT were at risk.
It added that talks with university officials through conciliation service Acas had broken down.
UCU regional official Martyn Moss said: “Out of the blue, 37 people who thought they were safely on the books of the university suddenly faced a redundancy process.
“The university ignored its own rules when it shut down discussions with the trade unions and dramatically shifted the goalposts for these 37 staff. To make matters worse, another 219 staff are also at risk of losing their jobs.
“Despite our best efforts to try to resolve these problems over the past six months, we have no alternative but to ballot for industrial action.”
Voting on the proposal, which includes strike action, opens on Monday.
