Our reballot for strike action at the University of Birmingham has been open for a little under three weeks – if you’ve not yet voted there is still time left. Every vote improves our leverage – you really make a difference by voting. Why does striking again matter? We held 9 days of strike action in 2023….
Our branch annual general meeting (AGM) is taking place on Wednesday 7 February. Members can either attend the morning session, 7am-9am, or the afternoon session, 1pm-3pm. The AGM: Reviews the past year and looks forward to the next one Oversees the election of branch committee officers Passes motions to determine branch policy on important issues…
Rates of pay at the University dropped below the real living wage rate last month – there are now hundreds of band 200 and grade 2 staff (including those on the University’s new pay scale) who are being paid less than the amount the independent Living Wage foundation has assessed they need to meet essential…
Yesterday UNISON gave the University formal notice of strike action for Christmas Eve, Sunday 24 December. This might seem to be a strange decision, as most staff at the University are due to finish work for the festive period after Wednesday 20th December. However, while many of us are taking a break on the University…
The VC’s view of our dispute In August and September HR maintained that “negotiations were over” and our Vice Chancellor, Adam Tickell, was doing his best to pretend the dispute wasn’t happening at all. Professor Tickell has since broken a long silence on our action, first during a visit to our pickets last Tuesday and…
We call on all staff to strike on 13 and 14 November In the absence of any improved offer from University management, members have again voted unanimously for strike action, which will take place on the 13 and 14 November. Key points for all University staff: Everyone’s support is valued: even if you felt you had…
We’ve already had support from MPs about our dispute with the University – MPs have tweeted publicly in support and we know others have been in touch with them. We’d like to continue this, and we know that MPs take account of the issues that are important to their constituents. As such we’d like to…
We welcome the statement on the UoB website that condemns violence in Palestine-Israel. We know our union members have diverse backgrounds and we have always celebrated this as one of our strengths. We are proud of our community and of our multicultural city. The current escalation saddens us, as its consequences spread among our own…
We are asking all support staff to join us in striking this week. Participating will help win a better deal for you and your colleagues! To help us win this dispute we’d love it if you could join us on our picket lines. On Thursday and Friday this week we will be following a similar…
Updated 26 September to take account of this update from Birmingham UCU. At meetings on Thursday 14 September, members overwhelmingly backed the committee’s plan for strike action in the first week of term. This means that we are calling on all support staff to join us in taking strike action on: Thursday 21 and Friday 22 September…
