24 June 2011

Joint statement from the University of Dundee & Dundee University and College Union

The University of Dundee and Dundee University and College Union are pleased to announce that they have resolved the dispute over potential compulsory redundancies resulting from the University's Strategic Review.

The dispute resulted in a one-day strike in March this year but has now been resolved after extensive negotiation which has enabled the agreement of policies on the Avoidance of Redundancy and the use of Fixed Term Contracts.

The Strategic Review has delivered savings of £8.7m against a target of £10m.

'We are pleased that no compulsory redundancies have been required to date and remain confident that, with continued effort, the remaining £1.3m of savings should be able to be achieved on the same basis,' said Dr Jim McGeorge, Secretary of the University.

Janice Aitken, President of Dundee University and College Union, said, 'We are particularly satisfied that the negotiations have resulted in the agreement of a solid redundancy avoidance policy and we trust that the University of Dundee will do everything possible to achieve the savings they want without resorting to compulsory redundancies'

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