A five-day walk-out by staff at three top North East universities in a national dispute over pay, work conditions and pensions begins on Monday.
The strike action involves workers at Newcastle, Northumbria and Durham universities and lasts from March 21 to March 25.
They belong to the University and College Union (UCU) and they will join members from 40 universities across the UK who are taking part in the walk out, the first of two phases of action.
