Darlington Pickets – and excellent show of strength from UCU members!
Darlington UCU members showed their support for the national action, and got some good publicity as well!
North East News at 6.00p.m. on Tyne Tees Television had coverage of the picket line and a photo was in the Northern Echo.
Eddy Adam, UCU Branch Secretary, who has been quoted on the UCU website in the build-up to the actionhttp://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3233 spoke of the success of the picket and thanked members and reps for supporting the action is such great numbers.
Coverage of the strike can be found on the Northern Echo website, including a video-clip of the rally and NEC member Jon Bryan explaining why lecturers are taking action:
The impact of the action at Darlington College also features here:
