Cut senior managers’ pay, not ours! The University can afford to pay support staff more


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…
On 17 February UNISON members passed a motion calling for urgent improvements to the University’s offer on pay spine reform (and changes to conditions). This gave University management until the start of this week to come back to us. Unfortunately they have confirmed that they are not willing to negotiate at this stage. While this…
UNISON are calling a day of Strike Action on Friday 28th of June 2019, after stunning result in our strike ballot. 79% of those who took part voted for strike action! We are asking all staff not to attend work and to come to our amazing picket lines instead! Students, please join us on the…
Strike Action – Thu 3rd October Living Wage Accreditation | End the gender pay gap | Fair pay rise | Restructure the pay spines | Negotiate on the joint unions demands uobunison.org.uk/demands2018 Don’t go to work – join the pickets instead! We’ll be picketing all University entrances from 4.30am and 7.30am. Rally by the…
Yesterday UNISON gave the University formal notice of strike action for Christmas Eve, Sunday 24 December. This might seem to be a strange decision, as most staff at the University are due to finish work for the festive period after Wednesday 20th December. However, while many of us are taking a break on the University…
We need to bring attention to our campaigns from outside the campus, and as such as many of us as possible need to spread the word about the campaigns on: · Concerns regarding the Dubai campus (listed in this letter) · Pay and Living Wage Accreditation · Working conditions (here is the report…