Members were made aware of the recently announced second organisational change to the Chemistry group, coming just 6 months after Phase 2 of TCP.

The LA Committee have a number of concerns about this development, and asked members to consider/vote on the following motion:

The UoB UCU LA believes:

• That the organisational change launched in the School of Pharmacy, Optometry and Medical Sciences is unjustified, uneconomic and unnecessary
• That the employer’s actions, process and timescale have hindered UCU engagement will not allow meaningful consultation
• This organisational change is part of a strategy on the part of the employer to place small numbers of staff in scope in an attempt to isolate them.
• An attack on one is an attack on all – the branch will fight to protect all jobs.

The UoB UCU LA demands:

• The employer engaging in a full meaningful consultation process over 45 days
• The employer committing to genuinely looking at alternatives
• The employer taking the opportunity to alleviate heavy workloads, and the associated stress, both in SPOMS and the wider institution
• The employer taking the opportunity to alleviate heavy workloads, and the associated stress, both in SPOMS and the wider institution

The motion was passed unopposed.

You can review the meeting slides here