Join us on the picket lines on Friday 28th June 2019

We are calling on all staff working at the University to sign our open letter to the VC, that calls on the University to change course. It does this respectfully and moderately, backed up by scientific advice. We’re aiming for hundreds of signatures in a few short days. If you work at the University…
On the UNISON committee we support our members who find themselves in a wide range of difficulties. This sometimes means helping you get support from the University if you go through a time of family crisis. Statistics show that every week women are killed by their partners, but in addition to this many people (mostly,…
Update on the 3rd pay meeting with the University and their final pay offer UNISON’s pay claim for 2018/2019 can be found here. The University’s full and final offer for 2018/2019 for all bands is: * an increase by 2% or £425, whichever is greater, with effect from 1st August 2018. * raising the…
This is a draft email for members to modify and send to their managers if they feel they are being asked to return without a clear reason behind it. We would encourage all members being asked to return without a good reason to send something along these lines even if you feel relatively relaxed about it –…
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…
UCU members at 60 Universities in the UK will be going on strike for 8 consecutive days between Mon 25th November and Wednesday 4th of December. Our colleagues in the Birmingham UCU branch have had a fantastic turnout for both ballots: the turnout for the pay/ casualisation/ equality/ workloads ballot was 58%, with 77% of…