Jon Bryan

Trade Unionist. Former FE College Lecturer (Sociology) & @The_TUC Tutor at Newcastle College. Signatory to @AFAF_freespeech. Member of @unitetheunion

[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

I am pleased that the union has paid tribute to someone I learnt so much from. Neil Sharp was a Sociologist, a Trade Unionist, and someone I will not forget. I am proud to have played a part in pulling together how we have much to learn from his legacy:
https://t.co/d2d1Kbj881

[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

I’m not sure if @StigAbell and @KateEMcCann from @TimesRadio are still collecting ‘BS phrases’ or ‘HR/Management speak’, but I had a new one today. A consultation where FAQs are going to be updated once a week, we were told that:

‘Wednesday will be the heartbeat day’

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

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🛑NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY CENSURED BY UCU🛑

On 28 May @UCU wrote to Northumbria management regarding the censure of Northumbria University.

[Unite - North East, Yorkshire and Humber @UniteNEYH]

🚨 Strike Action - Amcor, Cramlington

Unite regional officer Craig Patterson said: “Our members at Amcor have been left with no choice but to escalate strike action, to make their voices heard.

Full Story 🔗 https://t.co/A62X0lw0Mi

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

At Tyne Coast College, "the capacity and capability of its leadership and governance to bring about the required changes and improvements" is being questioned by the Department for Education in a 'Notice to Improve'. 1/6

[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

Well done to Steph from @unitetheunion for doing this.

That’s a great example for how trade union reps can win in the workplace for women 👏👏👏

[Unite - North East, Yorkshire and Humber @UniteNEYH]

Power to our rep Steph who's just won PPE that actually fits women, for her workplace!

Safety at work isn't too much to ask of employers - but sometimes it takes a union

#UnionStrong

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

BBC News coverage of the compulsory redundancy threat at Teesside University

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

The @UCU has today called on Teesside University to tell the union how many staff it intends to axe.
@jonbryan says:
"the way that this has been handled shows a real distance between those at the top of the and the rest of the staff body"
Full story: https://t.co/s1gejmbmRG

[David O'Toole @DavidJOToole]

... and the weekend's not over. Met Heather Wood, Women Against Pit Closures, who fought for jobs in 1984 and Kyle Griffiths, Unite branch secretary, fighting against the loss of 1000 oil and gas workers' jobs a month in 2026.

#netzero
@unitetheunion
@GMB_union

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

Great to have the support of Eddie Dempsey from the @RMTunion, showing support for our @ucu members at @UCUNUbranch who have taken 20 days of strike action defending pay and pensions
#MayDay Rally #Newcastle

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

This report in Times Higher Education is about the likely decline in the employers’ contribution rate to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, which could be less than one year away. If true, this would be welcome news. It would also lend weight to the stance taken by @UCUNUbranch
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[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

The start of a new day brings hope that anything can happen and that change is possible. And no more so than the sunrise on MayDay.
Happy #InternationalWorkersDay everyone 🚩

[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

Today I stood with others from @ucu @UCUNUbranch @NewcastleUniUCU to remember the dead and fight for the living
#workersmemorialday

[UCU @ucu]

Northumbria VC calls forcing staff to choose between their pension and their pay a "choice."

It isn't. It's coercion.

Even the financial advisers Northumbria is paying for are telling staff to stay in TPS.

UCU's Jon Bryan in Times Higher 👇

https://t.co/vhh9h1qn7h

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

It’s good that @jonbryan has spelt out the reality for @ucu members at @UCUNUbranch about the so-called pension choice being offered by Northumbria University Vice Chancellor Andy Long and his Executive team.

He’s right to give them ‘no credit whatsoever’
https://t.co/kOpA7NUFMB

[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

“I give the Northumbria executive no credit whatsoever for adopting a novel approach…it passes on employer costs directly to the employee, and members quite rightly worry about…whether pension costs will just be the start of the cost transfers. There is nothing good about that”

[Jon Bryan @jonbryan]

I’ve a piece in @timeshighered today on what @NorthumbriaUni are doing to pensions for academic staff.
The plans by Northumbria University Executive risk throwing the good reputation of the University away.
Read more👇
https://t.co/L1w7n4mviG

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

An empty campus and a busy picket line - Northumbria University @ucu members on strike today to defend pensions and pay

[UCU @ucu]

Northumbria management says it needs to cut £25m. But it spent £39.6m on capital projects last year an eightfold increase in four years.

Staff are being asked to pay for that gamble with their pensions.

Rally tomorrow: Newcastle Civic Centre, 12.30pm.

https://t.co/TB4ARBt1cI

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

Our members at Northumbria University are once again on strike tomorrow, in protest at the proposals on pay and pensions which the University Executive are pressing ahead with.
Please come and support them on Wednesday 25th March - details👇

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

🎸🎻🪗Choonz and joie de vivre (and a bit of a breeze🍃) at the @UCUNUbranch
picket lines today - life-affirming, bonding moments in the fight for pay and pension justice @NorthumbriaUni .