Staff at The Manchester College (TMC) are having new contracts imposed under little or no consultation, with significant changes to working conditions. Meanwhile, much criticised principal Peter Tavernor has awarded himself a 10 per cent pay rise and now earns more than the Prime Minister.
Prison teaching staff at Manchester College have been threatened with redundancies just months into their new contracts. The threats come less than a year after the College made a successful bid to become the largest provider of prison education in the country, teaching in 60 per cent of penal institutions.
Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles.
Staff at Manchester College will go on a one day strike on August 27, protesting against compulsory redundancies and union intimidation.
Teachers and crèche workers at Manchester College have vowed to fight compulsory redundancies that management are attempting to enforce. Union activists say that the losses will mean a cut in course provision and teaching time, and a further burden put on already overstretched staff. The crèche closure will obviously make things more difficult for staff […]
When it was announced in March that 150 staff at the Manchester Evening News Group, including 78 journalists, would lose their jobs, staff and unions reacted with shock and anger.
