Read reports on recent conferences:
Julia Charlton on the TUC Women's Conference
Martin Levy on the UCU Defend Public Education Conference

 
For Mark's YouTube video of the rally, please follow the links for :
Martin Levy , Mike McDonald, Kevin McHugh, Julia Charlton and Adam Hansen .

For Mark's YouTube video of the November 30 strike day, click here .

For November 30 photos, click here .

Click here to view photos taken on the picket lines on 24 March 2011.

 EQUALITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND STRUGGLE
 

Welcome to the web site of the Northumbria University Branch of the University and College Union.  This site is under development and we shall be progressively adding material to it in the course of time.  For the present, access is open to all, but as the site develops some areas will be restricted to members only, with verification by membership number.  Now is a good time to check up!  If you have lost your number, you will find it on the address slip of your UC magazine, or you can always ask for it via the UCU national web site.

We are a democratic, campaigning branch (see How We Function) with a strong tradition of defending our members’ interests, over jobs, pay, equal rights and conditions of service.  On very rare occasions that perspective has brought us into such sharp conflict with the University Management that we have been obliged to ballot on, and take, industrial action.  This has always been a last resort, and members recognise that the ability of Branch Officers to deliver on a whole range of other issues depends on the unity and strength of purpose of the Branch when the chips are down.

UCU is recognised at Northumbria to represent academic staff, and all agreements negotiated with natfhe have carried over to the new union.  You will find the most important such Local Agreements on this site.  Many are also on the Northumbria University web site but they are sometimes difficult to find there.