Updates: New Core, Payroll, strikes, and more

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

As previously detailed – members meetings will take place tomorrow as follows: 08:30 – Learning Centre UG07 12:30 – Old Gym LG12 We will be providing an update and a motion in the meeting itself rather than in advance to ensure it reflects the latest developments in negotiations – please do come to the meeting so […]

Updated list of Payroll-related issues

November 2, 2019November 5, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

To read all our articles on New Core, please click here: http://uobunison.org.uk/category/new-core Issues with new Core, identified over the past few months: We worry that there might be many staff and students workers who don’t even know that their pay has been wrongly deducted. They might not have checked their online payslip (you have to […]

7 Birmingham MPs have written again to our VC David Eastwood, urging him to seek living wage accreditation, end outsourcing, and pay staff fairly

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

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 […]

Congratulations to our Birmingham UCU friends on reaching an amazing result for both ballots

November 1, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

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 […]

Action on New Core/ Payroll

October 31, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

Payroll issues have continued this month and worse, a number of members have not been paid at all yesterday and are still currently awaiting an urgent payment to ensure they have the money they need to survive. We urgently need the problems with the payroll system to be fixed – it’s utterly ridiculous that a University […]

BBC WM Reports: October Payday leaves staff and students in uncertainty over pay, with some not being paid at all [New Core]

October 30, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

Today is the October payday at the University of Birmingham – yet another unpredictable one. Once again, staff and student workers have not been paid correctly or at all. The problems with payments (and New Core) are escalating. UoB introduced NC in June and since then, Hundreds of student workers have not been paid at all, […]

Second campaign video: Give Cowboy Management the Hoof!

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

First campaign video:

Update – Support staff were told that the University’s offer was 1.2% better than the national offer. This is not true

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 unisonbhamuni0

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 […]

Boycott Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre (sign the pledge/ pass the motion)

October 20, 2019October 23, 2019 unisonbhamuni

Website: boycotteph.org.uk This is the start of the campaign to Boycott The University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre (and its 4 other buildings) until all outsourced workers are brought in-house at the University, so that everyone on campus benefits from union recognition and the same terms and conditions. UNISON and UCU branches […]

October Updates