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HE strike rally : Monument, Newcastle. Thursday 26th May 1pm
26 May 2016 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
UCU has confirmed plans for a two-day national strike at UK universities as part of an ongoing dispute over pay. UCU members in higher education will walk out on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 May. Staff will also begin working to contract from 25 May, which means they will refuse to work overtime, set additional work or undertake any voluntary duties like covering timetabled classes for absent colleagues.
The dispute has arisen following a pay offer of 1.1% from the employer body, the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA). UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt said: ‘Members in higher education have sent a clear message to employers that, after six years of real-terms pay cuts amounting to 14.5%, they will not tolerate a continued squeeze on their income. Industrial action which impacts on students is never taken lightly, but staff feel that they have been left with no alternative.’
For details of our region’s strike action please see ucunorthern.org.uk/he-strike-may2016
For information on the national action please see national UCU website
Show your support at our regional rally:
Thursday 26th May, 1pm
Grey’s Monument, Newcastle
Please assemble at Grey’s Monument, Newcastle at 12.30pm. The rally will start at 1pm.
Speakers include:
- UCU Head of HE, Paul Bridge
- PCS Regional Secretary, Simon Elliott
- UCU Regional Secretary, Emma-Jane Phillips. Emma-Jane is also Branch Secretary at UCU Northumbria University branch.
- Joint Branch Secretary at UNISON Teesside University, and Chair of the Higher Education Service Group Executive, Denise Ward
- UCU Regional Chair, Terry Murphy
Come and show your support for Higher Education staff. Please bring branch banners and UCU flags.
We urgently require volunteer stewards. The main roles of stewards are to ensure members of the public (e.g. shoppers) can get past the rally without problems, to report any potential Health & Safety / security issues to the Head Steward, and to help clear the area of post-rally debris. Please contact Emma Alexander to volunteer.
We would be grateful if you could help promote the rally. The below links will be of use:
- Download the rally poster
- RT one of @UCUNorthern tweets about the rally, for example this one
- Share one of UCUNorthern’s facebook posts about the rally, for example this one
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