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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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Announcement: Our members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of STRIKE ACTION
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UNISON UoB branch offers a donation towards the University of Birmingham’s new Tiverton Gym
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UNISON members have overwhelmingly rejected the University’s pay offer!
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