Second campaign video: Give Cowboy Management the Hoof!
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Today, the Provost of the University of Birmingham, Tim Jones, has sent an email to all staff at the University, to inform them about the dispute. Below you can see our reply (which we sent to him, the Head of HR Gillian McGrattan, and all our members), followed by his initial email. We hope Tim…
At the University of Birmingham (according to UoBâs own report and findings published on the governmentâs website) on average, women are paid 20% less than men (women earn 80p for every ÂŁ1 that men earn), and womenâs mean bonus pay is 66% lower than menâs. So, 50 years on from the Ford Womenâs strike and…
Support staff vote for strike action after University of Birmingham fails to offer fair pay and conditions Our ballot for strike action closed on the 8 July. Once again we have smashed through the 50% turnout threshold, with the vast majority of staff voting in favour of action. Turnout: 54.9%YES to strike action: 86.7%NO to…
The VCâs view of our dispute In August and September HR maintained that ânegotiations were overâ and our Vice Chancellor, Adam Tickell, was doing his best to pretend the dispute wasnât happening at all. Professor Tickell has since broken a long silence on our action, first during a visit to our pickets last Tuesday and…
Birmingham University UNISON are engaged in campaigning and negotiating on a number of issues for staff. Please see some of our current campaigns below and you can also browse our previous campaigns archive for issues we have campaigned on in the past, or download our recent newsletters. June 2015 Pay claim 2015 We have submitted a Joint Pay…