Join us on the picket lines on Friday 28th June 2019
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Closing down the opposition Not content with making a lot of money from its new Sports Centre on campus (UB Sport, which cost £55million), The University of Birmingham bought Selly Oak’s local swimming pool (Tiverton Pool) in early 2018, and is now in process of turning it into a satellite gym (to be opened in…
Can’t lose a day’s pay? The union strike ballot hardship fund can cover the costs for those who need it most We know many of our members are facing hardship — that’s why we have to strike to win a fairer pay deal and better working conditions for all staff. Remember, any concessions won are…
We are glad that our motion on casualisation submitted to UNISON National Delegate Conference 2019 has been approved by the Standing Orders Committee (so it will be voted on in June). UNISON reps from other branches – please support this motion! Protection and membership for casualised workers Conference notes: • That millions of working-age…
Made in Dagenham – film screening & free pizza! Friday the 17th of August, from 4.30pm in Vaughan Jeffrys Lecture Theatre, Education Building Please register for free here Non-members are more than welcome to attend too, as the lecture theatre has more than 300 seats! The lecture theatre is accessible to wheelchair users, and it…
This is just a quick post to flag up an article published by The Guardian on the University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus: It reads: ‘Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at its new campus in Dubai where being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging and execution. They have…
The petition can be found here: https://www.change.org/p/david-eastwood-and-richard-metcalfe-end-outsourcing-at-the-university-of-birmingham-and-bring-edgbaston-park-hotel-staff-in-house In the video below, Mike Moore (joint branch secretary) provides context regarding the working conditions at the Edgbaston Park Hotel. More detailed information: In July 2018, The University of Birmingham opened The Edgbaston Park Hotel, a subsidiary company owned entirely by the University*. Although the Hotel say that…