Justice for Cleaners – successes in London against outsourcing! [and other updates]
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Do you want to make a difference on campus? Get involved in your branch! email us and we’d be happy to meet to discuss any ideas you may have. |
At the University of Birmingham (according to UoB’s own report and findings published on the government’s website) on average, women are paid 20% less than men (women earn 80p for every £1 that men earn), and women’s mean bonus pay is 66% lower than men’s. So, 50 years on from the Ford Women’s strike and…
UCU and UNISON, the unions representing mental health support workers at the University of Birmingham, are seriously concerned about changes made to counselling provision at the University last month. After years of underfunding and understaffing the University has elected not to replace counsellors after all but one of the existing post-holders left in March via…
UoB UNISON will be holding an online members meeting this coming Tuesday at 1pm via Zoom. You should have had the invite to the meeting by email and or text. If you are a member and haven’t had it please contact us on unisonbham@contacts.bham.ac.uk and we’ll send it through to you. The meeting will discuss…
You might also want to read our Strike Action mythbusters: https://uobunison.org.uk/strike-action-mythbusting
We have been sent lyrics in relation to our strike, by two members, the night before our 2nd day of strike action. Here they are: One voice. Unison: let’s talk. Management: no Unison: come on lets talk Management: no Unison: members, let’s vote Members: let’s strike Management: let’s talk (feeling nervous) Unison: too late,…
Not content with sending just one email to all staff with misinformation regarding our strike action (read the email and our response here – 16h May 2019), Tim Jones (University of Birmingham’s Provost) appears to be using the University’s resources and time (note: he earns more than £100,000/year) rather unwisely – that is, to spread…