Trade union for academic/ related staff at Goldsmiths, University of London
2/ The reply to the FOI request begins by ‘apologis[ing] for the delay in responding’. The scandalous content of what is revealed probably explains why there was so much dithering. #CornersCabs
Management’s plan is for up to 52 staff to be issued redundancy letters before the end of the year, yet here the Warden admits the most recent accounts will not be published until *after* some staff are dismissed. Are these cuts really required due to College finances, or... 2/8 
And in case you missed it, here's the presentation management is so eager to stress they fully intended to share with colleagues 2/4
Resistance to "change" (it's actually mass layoffs we resist, not "change" itself) is presented as some kind of individual psychological defect (a "threat response") rather than a collective, principled, political opposition to injustice. 2/4 
SMT is negotiating a £5-7m overdraft (“revolving credit facility”) with the banks, brokered by corporate accountants and consultants #StopTheSellOut 2/9 
arguing that w regards to the poor rating of @GoldsmithsUoL in the National Student Survey' 'the real source of student anger to be found in [...] the ongoing corporate restructuring of the College, rebuffed pre-pandemic as the inept and hostile ‘Evolving Goldsmiths’ strategy.'