When I was 59, hoping to retire at 60, but leaving my options open if I felt like going on till 65, the college asked for voluntary redundancies. We knew that terms for compulsory redundancy would be better, so no-one volunteered. Then the axe fell. I was told my job could be absorbed by other members of staff. I appealed of course, but the Union was absolutely useless - so left wing that it was more concerned with dockers in London than it was with its own members in the college. The reason for redundancy - the job being absorbed - was a pack of lies. I was clearly the oldest full-time member of the department so who were they kidding? This was 19 years ago and I still feel resentment towards the management and cross that my experience and my rapport with students were immaterial as opposed to my great age!
Water Pollution -“ A National Disgrace”? A case for renationalisation?
How much do you spend on yourself?
Being moved along by someone who "wants your place".