UCU suspends greylisting at Keele

UCU site - Keele University greylisting suspended as union strikes deal

"UCU and management have agreed the following:

* A process will be put in place to determine the details of academic programmes within the proposed school.
* The university will negotiate with UCU, terms for voluntary severance to offer to staff from the areas affected.
* The offer of voluntary severance will remain open until 31 January 2009.
* The university agrees not to deduct any pay in respect of the industrial action short of a strike.
* UCU accepts that these measures are intended to minimise and avoid the need to consider compulsory redundancies. UCU reserves its right to oppose any compulsory redundancies.

In light of this, UCU undertakes to:

* Suspend action on the proposed 'grey listing' of the university and to notify all of contacts of this action with immediate effect.
* Suspend the current industrial action short of a strike with immediate effect.
* Write formally to the Visitor to seek that the Visitor stays determination of the Petition until 31 January 2009 and permits the university to take action immediately to implement the matters in this agreement."