Updates before the upcoming two days of strike action: Tim Jones’ email…. Tim Jones has sent yet another email to all staff, misinforming them about our dispute. The 3% ‘offer’ for NEXT year (while refusing to offer anything for the year we’re actually in dispute) came as a result of union pressure. It’s absolutely not…
Not content with sending just one email to all staff with misinformation regarding our strike action (read the email and our response here – 16h May 2019), Tim Jones (University of Birmingham’s Provost) appears to be using the University’s resources and time (note: he earns more than £100,000/year) rather unwisely – that is, to spread…
Today, the Provost of the University of Birmingham, Tim Jones, has sent an email to all staff at the University, to inform them about the dispute. Below you can see our reply (which we sent to him, the Head of HR Gillian McGrattan, and all our members), followed by his initial email. We hope Tim…
You may have seen the latest “UoB Briefing” update from Prof. Tim Jones in which he attempts to justify the University’s inadequate pay offer and details why the University is once again imposing a pay deal before negotiations are finished. In response, we’d like to highlight that: The University has once again refused…
On Friday afternoon last week (right before the start of UCU’s 8 consecutive days of strike action), Provost Tim Jones sent an email to all staff and Pro-VC Kathleen Armour sent an email to all students. The emails portrayed UCU’s plans to picket university buildings as ‘unlawful’ (Jones) and ‘not allowed’ (Armour). Jones’ email reads: ‘The…
Dear members, You were told that the University’s offer was 1.2% better than the national offer. For example, Tim Jones said on 30th August 2019 that: ‘We understand that staff earning the lowest salaries can be most affected by rises in the costs of living and cuts in government services. This is why we put…
This is how the University of Birmingham were trying to break the strike earlier this week – by asking students to come in for ‘last minute shifts’ tomorrow. The email was sent out during our negotiators’ meeting with management (during which they made no new offer!). For information, Worklink is a university department (which they call…
For information regarding the logistics and agenda for the strike day, please visit this page: https://uobunison.org.uk/strike-info Questions about strike action We’re starting to put together the questions you’ve asked us about strike action into a complete FAQ about what striking means and the protection the law gives you. Here’s a few of the questions we’ve been…
Have you received your ballot paper yet? Ballot papers have been sent by post to your home address, and are marked with the logo of Electoral Reform Services, the independent organisation that’s running the strike ballot. All support staff members at the University should have received them by now. If you’ve not received a ballot…
Our demands are that the University: Gives an above RPI inflation pay increase to all support staff; Becomes a Living Wage Accredited employer; Eliminates the gender pay gap by 2020; Fixes the Support Staff pay spine & allocates a budget for it; Negotiates with all unions on the joint unions’ report on working conditions at…
