Greens oppose cuts at Manchester College
11 September 2009
Despite proudly claiming to be Britain's first supercollege, Manchester College has cut services for the most vulnerable, including the closure of a creche and basic English as a Second Language courses. Greens were amongst Manchester College staff on a picket line tonight calling on Manchester Labour councillors to back the staff.
Staff were promised no redundancies as a result of the merger between City College and Mancat, yet this promise has been broken within the first year and more are threatened in the near future. Among those made redundant are University and College Union (UCU) branch secretary David Swanson, suggesting that the job cuts may have been politically motivated.
Green Party member and UCU environment rep Nigel Woodcock has had his facility-time revoked, as have all UCU reps at the College.
Educational provision is desperately needed in our communities at a time of recession and job losses. Forcing through redundancies and attacking trade unions while boasting of financial security is simply unacceptable.
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