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 Tuesday 4th and Thursday 6th March, Monday 10th – Wednesday 12th March, Monday 17th – Thursday 20th March, and Monday 24th – Friday 28th March. Picket lines will be in effect across the campus.

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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