News update : 3rd July During Friday’s UCU branch meeting members rejected the latest offer from the employer, which would still mean significant pay reductions, and voted to register a failure to disagree and invoke the disputes procedure with the College. News update : 21st June, 4pm News update: 21st June, 11am…
Category: Action @ Darlington College
Darlington College support the national call for action on pensions
“Strong as ever at Darlington College, around 40 members turned out in the pouring rain to defend their Pensions, with others deciding to stay at home. Our members believe that protecting pensions is a fight we need to win and is an essential part of our working conditions. However, to maintain the momentum our leadership…
Darlington College TPS Protest
Members from Darlington College (the College was closed for the day) outside Mowden Hall where all the teaching unions were present to demonstrate their opposition to proposed changes to TPS which has its administrative HQ at Mowden Hall.
Darlington College Picket Lines get a VIP visit!
Pickets were up and ready to start at 7.00a.m. at Darlington College as UCU members showed the strength of feeling about attacks to pay and pensions. Around 100 members took strike action and a quarter of those turned up on the picket lines to show to others why we were taking action. Those who came…
Darlington College Picket Line gets TV coverage as UCU members show excellent support for action
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…