@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line today. You can see that, because it says so. We never put a foot wrong...

🚗🚐🚜🏎️🛻🚛🚌And, boy oh boy, were there plenty of beeps (as usual) at the @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social pickets today in the sunshine!

@wearehighered.bsky.social @wearethemu.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social @qatar.bsky.social @saudiarabia.bsky.social @ucea.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social

@wearethemu.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

@qatar.bsky.social @saudiarabia.bsky.social

@northumbriauni.bsky.social @ucea.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Best football team ever? No, @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members on the picket lines earlier today, still enjoying the buzz from yesterday's rally. The fight goes on.

@ucea.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @teacherspensions.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @alancampbellmp.bsky.social @joekirwin.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @labouruk.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk @danhollandnews.bsky.social @julietterowsell.bsky.social

@ucea.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk @theguardian.com @privateeyenews.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk @moneyontheleft.bsky.social @qatar.bsky.social @saudiarabia.bsky.social

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social. United against bosses @northumbriauni.bsky.social who want to rip off pay and pensions, rip up contracts, and rip us out of national bargaining. United for a better future, for staff, our university, our students, our community. Join us.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social keeping it real.

The more HE employers go rogue, the more @ucu.org.uk need to, and will, push back. Pensions are a right, not a bargaining chip for cutting pay. ✊✊✊https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/14460/UCU-demands-urgent-government-action-to-protect-university-pensions

Best football team ever? No, @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members on the picket lines earlier today, still enjoying the buzz from yesterday's rally. The fight goes on.

🎻🎸🎶More music on the @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket lines at Coach Lane campus today...

Learning new skillz on the @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line earlier today - first time on a cajon!

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members at Coach Lane campus today on the picket lines...

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line today. You can see that, because it says so. We never put a foot wrong...

🚗🚐🚜🏎️🛻🚛🚌And, boy oh boy, were there plenty of beeps (as usual) at the @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social pickets today in the sunshine!

Was great to make @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social 's dispute visible right in the heart of Newcastle yesterday. Good turnout too!

For the second time in a row, faculty at Muhlenberg College have boycotted the faculty meeting, leading to a lack of quorum and halting the meeting. This has been an AAUP-led action where members and non-members have joined the boycott.

Day 5 on the Pickets. Our employer has nothing new to say & so is not talking. So there is nowhere else we would rather BEE than with our colleagues in the sun. We are indefatigable and INFLATABLE, unlike Heriot-Watt University who have let themselves down. #saveScholar #LoveLincs No CR

Elizabeth Banks

Day 5 MAMBO #5 Clap your hands once and clap your hands twice And if it looks like this then you doin it right A little bit of DINOSAUR in my life Little bit of CHICKEN on my side Little bit of BEE is what I see Little bit of STRIKING in the sun A lot of SOLIDARITY all night long Save Jobs No CR

Strikes at Edinburgh University next week www.heraldscotland.com/news/2596705...

Ballot for strike action opens at Glasgow Caledonian University www.heraldscotland.com/news/2596752...

Brilliant photo of a brilliant day. Striking is hard, a last resort, and no-one wants to do it. But if you have to do it, you want to do it with people who understand and share the struggle - for fair pay and conditions, decent pensions, education to be proud of, in a city that deserves the best.

Our @matildaf.bsky.social and @cambiechoo.bsky.social at @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's rally yesterday! #UCU

A clear message from the hundreds who turned out yesterday: we are not having it. At Northumbria University, staff are refusing to be forced into worse pensions or pay cuts. This is organised resistance to an organised attack.

No 'fire and rehire' or 'working under protest' @timeshighered.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @alancampbellmp.bsky.social @theguardian.com @chroniclelive.co.uk @julietterowsell.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @josephinecumbo.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social. United against bosses @northumbriauni.bsky.social who want to rip off pay and pensions, rip up contracts, and rip us out of national bargaining. United for a better future, for staff, our university, our students, our community. Join us.

Good write-up in the Chron!

NOT NOW, NOT EVER! @ucea.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucucommons.org @uculeft.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducu.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @theguardian.com @julietterowsell.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk

Today's @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line banger! We don't have to take this crap, indeed: management @northumbriauni.bsky.social want to rip off our pay and pensions, rip up our contracts and conditions, and rip us out of national collective bargaining. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Hf...

@qatar.bsky.social @saudiarabia.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @wonkhe.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @labourunionsuk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @alancampbellmp.bsky.social @joekirwin.bsky.social

@ucu.org.uk @ucea.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @theguardian.com @chroniclelive.co.uk @danhollandnews.bsky.social @julietterowsell.bsky.social @josephinecumbo.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social

@ucu.org.uk @ucucommons.org @uculeft.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @ducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @qatar.bsky.social @saudiarabia.bsky.social

@ucu.org.uk @ucea.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @alancampbellmp.bsky.social @joekirwin.bsky.social @newcastlegreens.bsky.social @strikemap.org @chroniclelive.co.uk @timeshighered.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

@ucu.org.uk @ucea.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk @timeshighered.bsky.social @julietterowsell.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social @qatar.bsky.social @theguardian.com

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social - yeah, what this says. We're fighting with strength and pride for a future with decent jobs, amazing education, and opportunities for students in our city, region and community. The solidarity and support as we do is incredible - thanks everyone.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social and supporters in their hundreds at Newcastle's Monument - a place of collective, democratic protest and action for many years. Thank you everyone for coming. The fight against pay and pension injustice @northumbriauni.bsky.social goes on.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social in full effect!

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social making their presence felt outside @northumbriauni.bsky.social HR HQ yesterday, to share their indignation and outrage at plans to force people to chose between their pension and their pay. Whose uni? Our Uni!

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social on the move yesterday to meet up with hundreds of other members and supporters for the national rally. Solidarity forever.

Welcome to @northumbriauni.bsky.social indeed. Where staff will today take their 14th day of strike action to save pay and pensions, and to fight management's divisive, exploitative plans for 'fire and rehire' or forcing staff to work 'under protest'. That fight goes on. @ucu.org.uk

@solgamsu.bsky.social from @ducu.bsky.social sharing wisdom and energy with the crowd at today's @ucu.org.uk and @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social rally. Thanks so much!

Newcastle. Today. Students supporting striking staff. We all know and agree that happy staff = happy students. Management @northumbriauni.bsky.social need to know that too, and not force through divisive, destructive, and demeaning changes to pay and pensions.

The crowd at today's @ucu.org.uk rally caught mid-answer: Whose uni? Our uni!

@newcastleucu.bsky.social standing shoulder to shoulder with @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social at today's @ucu.org.uk rally in Newcastle. Amazing turnout, solidarity, and support.

❤️Debs from @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social showing up and speaking out in support of @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social striking for pay and pension justice @northumbriauni.bsky.social today. The fight for the future of education is everyone's.

@northumbriauni.bsky.social student, Sam, speaking with passion and compassion in support of striking lecturers @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, and to encourage people to make see the connections: why is there always money for war, but not enough for education and health?