Prospect Natural History Museum
Redundancies
Please see national press, members' web pages here or contact your local representative.
for details of the Museum's pre-emptive cut of some 40-46 posts - all compulsory redundancies.
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100611/full/news.2010.294.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jun/13/natural-history-museum-cut-jobs
The Museum is now looking at scenarios of up to a 40% reduction so nobody is safe and the functioning of the Museum in the Year of Biodiversity looks in jeopardy.
The Government is also seeking to impose huge changes to redundancy terms (to make it cheaper to shed staff) and pensions.
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