University and Union in Clash Over Contracts ; Academic Institution Accused of Having 'Complete Disregard for Frontline Staff'

South Wales Echo › October 08, 2009

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CARDIFF University is at loggerheads with a teaching union which has accused it of creating "chaos" after hundreds of staff returned to work without contracts.

The University and College Union (UCU) said hundreds of hourly- paid teaching staff still had no contract and claimed the university had a "complete disregard for frontline staff".

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University and Union in Clash Over Contracts ; Academic Institution Accused of Having 'Complete Disregard for Frontline Staff'

But the university laid the blame on the union itself, claiming a "refusal to discuss or agree terms on behalf of its members" had directly led to a delay i...

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