Justice for Cleaners – successes in London against outsourcing! [and other updates]
Do you want to make a difference on campus? Get involved in your branch! email us and we’d be happy to meet to discuss any ideas you may have. |
Do you want to make a difference on campus? Get involved in your branch! email us and we’d be happy to meet to discuss any ideas you may have. |
Please take a minute to have a look at the upcoming UNISON network meetings, seminars, and conferences (nationally) – you can find them listed on our website: http://uobunison.org.uk/events/list Network meetings (August): for members disabled LGBT members, Deaf members, disabled women, and disabled Black members (separate events for each group); National members meetings (September): for Black…
At our AGM on the 13th of February 2019, UNISON University of Birmingham branch members voted unanimously to support IWGB’s campaign of Boycotting Senate House, as a way of putting pressure upon the University management to bring staff back in-house. We will also send a donation shortly. The University of Birmingham UCU branch have also…
We’re grateful to Dr Jo Grady, UCU Gen Secretary Elect, for supporting our struggle! Solidarity is key to any transformational & progressive movement – including the Trade Union one! University of Birmingham UNISON Solidarity Statement As General Secretary Elect of UCU, I’m sending my support and solidarity to your branch as you prepare to take…
This is just a quick post to flag up an article published by The Guardian on the University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus: It reads: ‘Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at its new campus in Dubai where being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging and execution. They have…
Short summary of Friday (the day of strike) We had a fantastic day of strike action on Friday. We spoke to hundreds and hundreds of students and parents about our vision for a better University that would embody the spirit of democratic practices of work and learning. We have received overwhelming support from prospective students,…
We would like to thank University of Birmingham Student Workers’ group for the fantastic work they have done over the past month, in collecting case studies, writing demands, and working closely with us on the issues that are faced by casual student workers. UBSW’s statement on Friday can be found here. They have also been…