PENSIONS DISPUTE UPDATE -UCU's National Executive Committee met on Friday 2 December and resolved:

1) To propose at the next joint education group meeting should no acceptable outcome be achieve though negotiation that the next day of nationally coordinated strike action be called as early as possible in the spring term.  This day of action to be immediately followed by coordinated regional action. This action to be rolled out across the country creating a Mexican Wave effect acting as a bridge to the next day of nationally coordinated strike action. This action to end with a 48 hour nationally coordinated strike.
2) To put this proposal to the TUC Public Sector coordinating group.

CONGRATULATIONS to all members who took strike action, picketed and took part in the TUC demonstration in Gateshead/Newcastle on 30 November.

For Mark Husmann's video on YouTube, click here .

For November 30 photos, click here .

STRIKE DAY 24 MARCH 2011 - Click here to view photos taken on the picket lines

 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.