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| Amnesty is still in talks over job losses | Amnesty is still in talks over job losses |
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| No redundancies have been implemented, either at Amnesty International UK or our international secretariat and negotiation has been entered into with the trade union and continues, contrary to what your correspondent claims (Letters, 21 December). The Guardian itself referred to this consultation in its own extensive report of the changes taking place at Amnesty (Report, 3 December). | No redundancies have been implemented, either at Amnesty International UK or our international secretariat and negotiation has been entered into with the trade union and continues, contrary to what your correspondent claims (Letters, 21 December). The Guardian itself referred to this consultation in its own extensive report of the changes taking place at Amnesty (Report, 3 December). |
| At AI UK, a formal period of consultation has just ended and we have amended restructuring plans to include 17 rather than 23 redundancies. However, the restructuring will not proceed unless an extraordinary general meeting next month agrees that this should happen. In the meantime, we continue to discuss with the trade union other ways in which the number of redundancies might be reduced. | At AI UK, a formal period of consultation has just ended and we have amended restructuring plans to include 17 rather than 23 redundancies. However, the restructuring will not proceed unless an extraordinary general meeting next month agrees that this should happen. In the meantime, we continue to discuss with the trade union other ways in which the number of redundancies might be reduced. |
| In a separate dispute over changes to working practices and policies, negotiation has also been taking place for some time at our international secretariat, like AI UK, based in London, and is continuing at the arbitration service Acas. | In a separate dispute over changes to working practices and policies, negotiation has also been taking place for some time at our international secretariat, like AI UK, based in London, and is continuing at the arbitration service Acas. |
| Both disputes are linked to Amnesty's Moving Closer to the Ground project – the refocusing of resources on the global south and east, closer to where a lot of human rights violations actually occur. This project was agreed by our highest decision-making body, the international council meeting. We cannot change the decisions taken by our democratic structures and neither would we want to. While understanding the effect on staff here in London, we are already seeing Amnesty having significant impact in India, Brazil and elsewhere. We want to see this impact growing, while maintaining an effective and influential campaigning presence here in the UK. Kate Allen UK director, Amnesty International | Both disputes are linked to Amnesty's Moving Closer to the Ground project – the refocusing of resources on the global south and east, closer to where a lot of human rights violations actually occur. This project was agreed by our highest decision-making body, the international council meeting. We cannot change the decisions taken by our democratic structures and neither would we want to. While understanding the effect on staff here in London, we are already seeing Amnesty having significant impact in India, Brazil and elsewhere. We want to see this impact growing, while maintaining an effective and influential campaigning presence here in the UK. Kate Allen UK director, Amnesty International |
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