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…
Stockton Riverside College took to the picket lines on 30th November to support the TUC’s Pensions Justice day. The College had decided to close one campus but keep the other open – but even the one that was open was very quiet on a day when UNISON and UCU stood together in action to defend…
Lecturers at Stockton Riverside College took strike action on 24th March 2011 to protest at the derisory 0.2% pay rise and the attack on teachers’ pensions. For the full story: http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/gazette-communities/ts17-ingleby-barwick-and-thornaby/ts17-ingleby-barwick-and-thornaby-news/2011/03/24/teesside-lecturers-protest-over-pensions-84229-28395261/ This comes just weeks after the College had announced job losses which the union is campaigning against and which staff feel will affect…
