The full version of the video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBwC2-qg0g
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…
Update 07.09.21 – Additional point added on areas where face coverings are required As September begins we find ourselves in a broadly similar situation to last year – coming out of a summer where restrictions have been minimal into a new academic year, in which the key driver seems to be to keep things as…
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…
As we’ve detailed previously, a member of support staff working at the University wrote a letter to the VC challenging him to live on the same salary for a month, and highlighting how hard it was to live on the pay the University offers its lowest paid staff. After sharing the letter and asking for…
) On 3rd June, the University of Birmingham launched #NewCore (new system that incorporates HR, finance processes etc). Its slogan is ‘a single version of the truth’. How are you finding New Core? Are you doing New Core admin in your own time or on your own phone? Should New Core be a ‘single source…
Yesterday we held three meetings with large numbers of members where we considered an offer from the University of: A 1% one off payment, based on salary at 31st July, with a minimum payment of £100 *IF* we call off the dispute altogether They would pay 2% for the 2019 settlement on the 1st of…
