UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, today (28 January) sent a message of
support for staff at London Metropolitan University, after is was revealed that
more than 330 people were facing the axe following a £18 million funding
cut by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said:
ÒIt cannot be right that more than 330 staff at London Met are being forced to
pay the price for the complete incompetence of the universities senior
management team. These job losses are difficult enough to comprehend, but
UNISON is very concerned that two thirds of these will be made up of support
staff posts.
ÒEducation and training is central to the governments plan to get the country
through the recession, and to creating a stable economic future. UNISON will
be fighting these redundancies and has written to the Higher Education
Minister, David Lammy, urging him to step in and ease the financial burden
imposed on London Met by HEFC. We will also be asking him to deal with the
UniversityÕs senior management team who have shown staggering
incompetence in the run up to this crisis, and have lost the confidence of the
workforce as a result.Ó