We are deeply concerned about the safety of staff and students on the Dubai campus. We wrote a letter to the university with a series of questions and reassurances that we need from them (the letter is available here https://uobunison.org.uk/letter-dubai-campus) but all we received was a vague response with a series of links to intranet pages. …
We are extremely delighted that our sister branch, Birmingham UCU, has reached the threshold for both ballots that took place between the beginning of September and the end of October. The turnout for the pay/ casualisation/ equality/ workloads ballot was 58%, with 77% of members voting yes for strike action. The turnout for the pensions…
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…
We are pleased to have read an article explaining our campaign to UCU members, written by our sister branch on campus, Birmingham UCU. You can read it here: https://birminghamucu.org/2019/05/18/high-noon-for-david-eastwood-unison-uob-strike-ballot/ We also understand that an email has been sent to all UCU members on the University of Birmingham campus, in support of our fight for fair pay,…
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…
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…
