Jon Bryan

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: ucunorthern.org.uk/neil-sharp/

🎸🎻🪗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 .

It was still 'woolly hat time' this morning on the picket line at Northumbria University in Newcastle!

As @UCUNUbranch say here, we don't want to be on strike and our door is always open to @NorthumbriaUni management, but members (and right-thinking people!) can never accept their plans for pay and pension injustice. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

This morning I’ve been with @ucu pickets on strike at Northumbria University @UCUNUbranch who are fighting to protect pay and pensions

The @ucu members on strike today at Northumbria University aren’t taking the detrimental proposals to pay and pensions quietly! 🚨📣🥁

Solid and vibrant @UCUNUbranch picket lines yesterday @NorthumbriaUni Coach Lane Campus. Everyone down to City Campus tomorrow, then back to Coach Lane for a beep-athon on Thursday, as we come together to end the pay-pocalypse management want to impose...

It was good to be with our members at Northumbria University this morning. They are on strike to defend their pensions, pay, and collective bargaining rights. ✊

I’ll be one of 100+ for the next week and a bit unitetheunion.org/news-events/ne…

Northumbria University will be hit with ten days of strike action from Thursday 12 February in a fight to save staff pensions ⁦@UCUNUbranch⁩ ⁦@ucu⁩ ucu.org.uk/article/14401

We refuse to stand by while employers attack our pensions @UCUNUbranch members will be on strike from Thursday ✊ ucu.org.uk/article/14401/…

‘Northumbria University will be hit with strike action’ says @DrJoGrady from @ucu ‘It is inexcusable that staff have been told their pay will be held down indefinitely unless they agree to leave their preferred pension scheme’ ucu.org.uk/article/14401/…

A vote for Industrial Action at Durham University @UCU wants management to follow the disputes resolution procedure that it has previously signed off and agreed to abide by, begin meaningful negotiations, and improve working conditions and job security. ucu.org.uk/article/14400/…

We’ve written publicly to @ZackPolanski following his comments on recent Elbit protest verdicts. Welcoming outcomes while failing to acknowledge a police officer being seriously injured matters. Empathy for those harmed in the line of duty should never be optional.

Every now and again, we all have a decision to make about sticking with something that so obviously rubs up against your own morals and principles. Those sticking with Starmer don’t have the morals and principles that I want anything to do with.

Today I signed the @HolocaustUK Book of Commitment. Remembering the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust. As the voices of survivors become fewer, we have a duty to ensure their stories are never forgotten. @HMD_UK #HMD2026

The horrors of the Holocaust need to be learnt about, and placed within the specific context of the 1930s and 1940s On #HolocaustMemorialDay, I’m re-sharing a podcast that we did on this issue four years ago. It is well worth listening to - see link 👇 #HolocaustRemembranceDay

This is an excellent result from @ucu members at @UCUNUbranch The proposals for those in teachers pensions would be disastrous

For the last couple of weeks, those taking to the streets in Iran have been truly inspiring. It has been horrifying to see the Iranian regime's response. Earlier today, in Newcastle upon Tyne, I went to a protest about what has been going on and spoke to some of the protestors🧵