UNISON meal: Yesterday, branch committee and active members went out for a meal (photo attached). Next time, we would like to organise a social event where all branch members would be invited. If you have any ideas of what exactly we could do and where, please get in touch. We are considering organising a Karaoke…
Birmingham University UNISON are engaged in campaigning and negotiating on a number of issues for staff. Please see some of our current campaigns below and you can also browse our previous campaigns archive for issues we have campaigned on in the past, or download our recent newsletters. June 2015 Pay claim 2015 We have submitted a Joint Pay…
7 Birmingham MPs have written again to our VC David Eastwood, urging him to seek living wage accreditation, end outsourcing by bringing Edgbaston Park Hotel staff in-house, and address our pay demands. We thank Preet GIll MP, Jack Dromey MP, Liam Byrne MP, Richard Burden MP, Steve McCabe MP, Jess Phillips MP, Roger Godsiff MP for their continued…
“A good day where we saw our colleagues from different buildings and showed our collective resolve.” The day wasn’t as warm as expected, the sun only really came out as we gathered for the rally- though compared to Friday the gods were clearly on our side. I picketed at North Gate as I had no…
A group of amazing student workers has come together to address the injustices that student casual workers are facing on our campus. Some of the issues include wrong payments, over taxation, delayed payments (by months), and being treated unfairly. Please make the time to read their letter, sign it, and share it as widely…
Listening to Liam Byrne talk today on why all staff deserve to be paid a living wage I was struck by the fact that Birmingham was once called “…the best governed city in the world” – acknowledged by many as somewhere that not only fulfilled its civic duty but exceeded it. It also reminded me…
