Wednesday 18 May 2022 – Furness College take strike action after an offer of 1% on pay …
Read more →An industrial action ballot of UCU members at Northumbria University opens today, 24th February. A meeting of almost 200…
Read more →For the last few years, Séamus Moran has been the figurehead of the University and College Union at Tyne…
Read more →Durham University UCU Branch are taking strike action next week. Those who wish to visit picket lines, send messages…
Read more →Tyne Coast College UCU Branch have submitted a claim to the College which covers both pay for staff, as well…
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Dr Marek Szablewski spoke to UCU for Holocaust Memorial Day: “My father fought in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. It was the single largest uprising against Nazi Occupation during World War 2. The Home Army (The Resistance) was the largest resistance movement in occupied Europe. The Uprising was planned to last a week,…
Joint Northumbria University and Newcastle University UCU Press Release, 15 October 2020 With a record attendance of close to 300, a branch meeting of Newcastle University UCU (14 October 2020) registered its failure to agree with Newcastle University that the campus was ‘Covid safe and secure,’ as university management insist. This follows on from…
The indication that the Conservative Cabinet is to meet on the University campus was a shock to Sunderland University UCU (University and College Union). Following on from the announcement that our University is closing courses in History, Politics, Languages, Public Health and Environmental Health – and threatening 34 jobs – this was more…
There are currently two disputes involving UCU members in higher education. One relates to the USS pension fund and the other is about pay and working conditions. UCU members in 46 institutions have voted to take strike action and action short of a strike (ASOS) about USS. Members in 57 institutions have voted to take…
UCU Durham University and UCU Newcastle University held a joint strike rally in Newcastle on 25th November. Approximately 300 people attended the rally, showing their support for the strike action. The speakers: Beth Farhat, TUC Regional Secretary Chi Onwurah, Labour Candidate Newcastle Central Siobhan McGrath, UCU Durham University Adriana Salazar-Mendez, UCU Durham University Stacy Gillis,…
