Circulated on behalf of Julia Charlton (UCU Regional Secretary) and Terry Murphy (UCU Regional Chair) Are you going to the Durham Miners Gala? : Saturday 11th July Can you give some time to help with the UCU Regional banner? Please let Joyce McAndrew know ASAP on gateshead@ucu.org.uk [metaslider id=61] There is also an anti-austerity…
Newcastle College UCU Branch has raised objections with College management regarding redundancies. 22 posts are at risk. The branch is working on behalf of members.
A Times Higher Education article ‘The UCU at the Microlevel’ was published today. Dave Eagle, (Teesside Uni UCU Branch Chair) and Terry Murphy, (Teesside Uni UCU Branch Secretary and Regional Chair) were quoted. The Times Higher Education’s reporter Jack Grove wrote: Many institutions are proud of their close relationships with trade unions, which can also save…
The People’s Assembly organised an ‘End Austerity Now’ march and demo in London on Saturday 20th June. Coaches from Carlisle, Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, South Shields and Sunderland and travelled to London for this important event. Among the 250,000 demonstrators were two Sunderland College branch reps (photo courtesy of @UCUSunderland)
At the extraordinary FE Sector Committee meeting on Monday 22nd June it was agreed that it would be useful to collect information on the growing numbers of academic staff on contracts which are ‘under’ the level of main grade lecturer. The attached table was emailed to FE Regional Committee delegates, alternates and branch secretaries on 26th…
As part of the #lovefe campaign to save adult education from proposed 24% cuts to the England lifelong learning budget, we held a lobby of parliament at Westminster on the afternoon of Tuesday 16th June 2015. Newly elected MPs were asked to stop the cuts and commit to properly funded lifelong learning. Our region was represented…
Members at South Tyneside College turned out in great numbers today for the first in a series of lunchtime gatherings to show solidarity in the face of proposed redundancies at the College. Staff will be giving up their lunch break all week in order to protest at the loss of jobs proposed at the College.…
The cutbacks proposed by South Tyneside College after their further education budget was slashed by £1.2million – could see 14 lecturers, two members of management and a member of clerical staff made redundant. The cutbacks could also include increases in teaching hours, and result in cuts to benefits, such as occupational sick pay and maternity pay, and…
Collective agreement for teaching hours signed between UCU and Stockton Riverside. Congratulations branch. https://twitter.com/StocktonUCU/status/608620891736551424
Regional Committee delegates, alternates and Branch Secretaries were emailed on Friday 19th June to invite them to indicate their preferred dates for 2016 Regional Committees. The consultation is open until Monday 20th July 2015. Regional Committee #2 Option 1 = Saturday 30th January Option 2 = Saturday 6th February Option 3 = Saturday 13th February…
