Staff at the University of Dundee are to be balloted on strike action following reports the institution could cut up to 700 jobs. The financially-stricken university is battling to overcome a £35m deficit and previously announced that 632 positions would be cut. However, interim principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Shane O’Neill, told the Scottish government’s education, children and young people committee that number referred to full-time equivalent posts, and the actual number of people affected would be higher.
The Unite union said it had “no option” but to consider a walkout, accusing the university of “gross financial mismanagement”. Unite said it hoped the ballot would halt the threat of compulsory redundancies.
Under no circumstances will we allow compulsory redundancies to take place because the workers are blameless, and they should not have to pay the price for incompetence.
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