Pickets at Bishop Auckland College were up early and on duty this morning to show support for the national day of strike action on pensions. Barry Lovejoy, UCU’s National Head of Further Education came to show his support for the picket. Jon Bryan, Regional Support Official, also came to show solidarity with UCU…
Durham Miners' Gala 2025
Join UCU Northern region and UCU members from all over the UK in Durham on Saturday 12th July 2025…
Read more →Sunderland University issues threat to staff about redundancy, then a further threat if they talk to others
(This is a copy of an email that was sent to all UCU members at Sunderland University on 13/01/25 to…
Read more →Agreed joint statement from Sunderland University and the trade unions
Consultation on Redundancies Today (Tuesday 8 October 2024), a meeting took place involving representatives from the University Executive, UCU…
Read more →Sunderland University are threatening to make 1 in 10 Academics Redundant
The UCU Branch at Sunderland University will be meeting on Wednesday 9 October 2024 to discuss these job cuts. …
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Sunderland College take strike action on pensions, while concerns still exist about proposed changes to pay and conditions
[metaslider id=239] UCU members at Sunderland College had pickets at their five main centres today to show their support for the national strike action called by the UCU National Executive Committee, as part of the continued fight about government imposed pension changes. At the Bede Campus, pickets were joined by UCU’s National Head of Further Education, Barry…
Allilengyi! (αλληλεγγύη – Greek for Solidarity)
Despina Koutsoumba and Foutis Georgiadis from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and a civil servants’ union, Paul Mackney Former General Secretary of NATFHE, Cath Hepburn UCU Vice Chair Sunderland College and Jude Letham UCU Centre Rep, Sunderland College Hearing of the disputes with management at both Sunderland College and Gateshead College, the Coalition of…
UCU members at Gateshead College take their views to the public
[metaslider id=257] UCU members from Gateshead College branch are facing pay cuts of up to 25% as senior management seek to tear up the existing conditions of service and impose new ones. The cuts come just months after a Freedom of Information request reveals the levels of pay of senior managment. For more details, go…
Gateshead College UCU members show their anger to Senior Management
[metaslider id=265] Gateshead College announced to their staff before the Easter break that they were going to be dismissed from their current terms and conditions. Not a good way for staff to begin a well deserved break in the run-up to examination and assessment time. The Branch met on Tuesday 17th April 2012 to discuss…