At a well attended branch meeting on Friday 27th June 2025, members voted to accept the offer university management put on the table and thereby to finally resolve the dispute over compulsory redundancies, workload, precarity, and health and safety.  It was clear from the meeting that management has to do a lot of work to rebuild trust and morale. This deal is a considerable achievement on behalf of the members, and this is a massive well done and thank you to all who participated!

This means our current ballot is called off, as the dispute is resolved, and we expect the employer to honour their word.

Dispute concerning job losses across the institution; failure to rule out compulsory redundancies; detrimental impact of cuts on staff, including increases in workload, and its impact on health and wellbeing.

82.76% of members have voted in favour of strike action, and 88.37% in favour of action short of a strike, with a turnout of 64.29%.

UCU – Taking industrial action

Indefinite, continuous, action short of a strike (ASOS) commences on Tuesday 4th March.

Strike action is scheduled for Friday 6th June, Monday 9th – Friday 13th June, Monday 16th – Friday 20th June, Monday 23rd – Friday 27th June, Monday 30th June – Friday 4th July, Monday 7th – Friday 11th July, Monday 14th – Thursday 17th July. Picket lines will be in effect across the campus.

The first tranche took place on Tuesday 4th and Thursday 6th March, Monday 10th – Wednesday 12th March, Monday 17th – Thursday 20th March, and Monday 24th – Friday 28th March and was well supported by members and student supporters.

A second tranche took place on Wednesday 28th April, Thursday 1st – Friday 2nd May, Wednesday 7th – Saturday 10th May, Monday 12th – Friday 16th May, Monday 19th – Friday 23rd May, Monday 26th – Tuesday 27th May, and includes further action on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June.

See how previous action has won for members.

A hardship fund will be available to assist members participating in the strike

The UCU Newcastle office, and committee can be contacted: UCU.Office@newcastle.ac.uk

Our regional UCU office contact is Jon Bryan: jbryan@ucu.org.uk

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