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UCU Newcastle College branch newsletter December 2018
UCU Newcastle College newsletter : November 2018
Durham Miners’ Gala 2018
Peter Latham – a NATFHE activist at local, regional and national level
Peter Latham, a former activist of one of our predecessor unions (NATFHE) sadly passed away on 13th June 2018. He was diagnosed with myeloma three years ago. He was 75 years old. Peter was a trade unionist through and through, which was recognised by his local NATFHE Branch when he took early retirement…
UCU Branch Secretary Kevin Lightfoot
We are sad to learn that Kevin Lightfoot, UCU Branch Secretary of the Northern Region’s Retired members branch, has passed away. Kevin was a long serving and well respected Branch Officer at Sunderland College for many years for UCU and NATFHE. He will be missed. Funeral notice and obituary: bmdsonline.co.uk/evening-chronicle-&-the-journal/obituary/kevin-lightfoot/53569842 Iain Owens Regional Official…
Mental Health Awareness Week : 14th-20th May 2018
Message from UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt to branches: UCU is committed to achieving improved mental health support for members and branches are encouraged to ensure that institutions address the workplace issues that can attribute to poor mental health such as increased workloads, stress, bullying and harassment. Mental Health Awareness week…
Jeff Fowler, “the most recognisable face of UCU at Sunderland University”, retires
“Jeff has been the most recognisable face of UCU at the University for many years, and has been instrumental in many of the union’s successes at local level. He inspired me to get involved in the work of the committee” says Susan Hunt, the Branch Chair of Sunderland University UCU. “He is a…
UCU and UNISON Response to consultation document regarding the proposed merger of Redcar & Cleveland College & Stockton Riverside College
April 2018 The recognised Joint Trade Unions (UCU and UNISON) respond to the proposed merger of Redcar & Cleveland College and Stockton Riverside College (“the Colleges”) as follows. Background and Introduction Since December 2017, the Joint Trade Unions (JTUs) have held regular “Merger Consultation” meetings with senior managers and…
UCU Sunderland College day 2 of strike action : 23rd April
Sunderland College is a member of the Association of Colleges (AoC). This year’s pay recommendation from the AoC was for a 1% increase, once again much lower than inflation. Even in colleges that have agreed to all of the AoC’s recommended pay increases since 2009, staff are now 24.7% worse off than they were in…