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Trade dispute between UCU and the University of Surrey concerning the failure to rule out the use of compulsory redundancies for members of staff within the UCU bargaining group as a result of the current operational review. The ballot closed at noon on Thursday 30 April 2015. The response to the question you were balloted on is as follows: Are you prepared to take industrial action consisting of strike action? Number of ballot papers returned: 117 Number voting YES: 72 (62.6%) Number voting NO: 43 (37.4%) Number of papers found to be invalid: 2 Are you prepared to take industrial action consisting of action short of strike action? Number of ballot papers returned: 117 Number voting YES: 82 (71.9%) Number voting NO: 32 (28.1%) Number of papers found to be invalid: 3 Turnout: 40.1% You can view the scrutineers’ report here: www.ucu.org.uk/?mediaid=7242 |
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Results of indicative ballot
The UCU Surrey response to the Standard Allocation Framework for Teaching and Academic Staff (STAF) currently being proposed by the University is pretty clear cut . “Go back to the drawing board – this framework will not work!” . Staff are particularly mindful of the impact such a framework will have on our ability to maintain our current high level of teaching standards and student satisfaction.
Here are the results of an indicative ballot on our response to the staff and a series of propositions about what an effective framework might include.