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VC David Eastwood fails to apologise for staff and student workers’ emotional and economic struggles caused by the multimillion-pound New Core Payroll system

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23 days ago, we sent a letter to the directors of Finance and HR (see below) and requested clarifications and reassurances that student workers and staff will not be affected yet again by incorrect, overly taxed or delayed payments (as has been the case over the past 6 months). We have yet to receive a…

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New Core and Everyday Life at the University of Birmingham

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 ) 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…

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[Motion passed in December 2018] UoB Dubai campus, human rights and freedom in UAE, and complicity with war and famine in Yemen

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UoB Dubai Campus, Human Rights And Freedom In UAE, And Complicity With War And Famine In Yemen Motion on UNISON’s concerns over the UoB Dubai campus, human rights and freedom in UAE, and complicity with war and famine in Yemen The University management continually state that they respect the moral conscience of University of Birmingham…

Announcement: Our members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of STRIKE ACTION
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Announcement: Our members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of STRIKE ACTION

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It is indeed High Noon for David Eastwood! ✊✊✊ UNISON support staff members have backed strike action by a clear and dramatic margin. To summarise it here: Over 78.6% of members participating voted in favour of taking strike action  The turnout of the ballot was 51.3%, meeting the very high threshold imposed by the anti-union…

UNISON UoB branch offers a donation towards the University of Birmingham’s new Tiverton Gym
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UNISON UoB branch offers a donation towards the University of Birmingham’s new Tiverton Gym

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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…

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UNISON members have overwhelmingly rejected the University’s pay offer!

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We are delighted to announce that the turnout for the indicative ballot is 54.5%, with 87.9% voting ‘YES’. Members have overwhelmingly rejected the University’s offer and the turnout gives us the option of a strike ballot if we don’t get an improved pay offer along with action on job security, casualisation, workload and equality. We would like to…

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