"All classes are cancelled" - came the message from the College about the plans for the strike day. This showed the strength of feeling that the College knew there was on the issues of pay and pensions. Nevertheless, the UCU Branch at Sunderland College organised picketing at every site to make sure the strike was as solid as could be expected. (Not all sites have photos).
Pickets at Hylton Skills Campus
Pickets at St Peters Sixth Form
Pickets at the Bede Centre
Cath Hepburn (Branch Secretary of UCU at City of Sunderland College) speaks out
And others from Sunderland also came to the mass rally in Newcastle!The UCU Branch at City of Sunderland College got good support all round and it was clear that the strike would have an impact: http://www.citysun.ac.uk/latest-news/ucustrikeactiondetails/
Branch Officers of UCU appeared on the radio to speak about the issues and this can be found here: http://www.sun-fm.com/news/review.php?article=391137
Pickets and strikers travelled up to Newcastle for the mass regional rally and Cath Hepburn spoke out and thanked everyone for their support.
1 comment:
It was a great day, lots of support across the college and the region. Only one issue. Does anyone have photoshop??!
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