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Second campaign video: Give Cowboy Management the Hoof!

ByBranch Committee October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

First campaign video:

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Member comments on VC Eastwood’s lack of response to the challenge letter
ByBranch Committee September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

A member comments on the VC’s decision to ignore our call for him to respond to our low paid member’s letter which we delivered on the 1st of August and have yet to receive a response: ‘To be quite honest I’m actually insulted that my employer, the vice chancellor, has not responded to the letter,…

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UCU/UNISON joint statement of support of the Encampment – Camp Eviction
ByBranch Committee July 11, 2024

At 5am this morning, a squadron of bailiffs descended on the Green Heart and forcibly evicted our students from campus. This comes less than 48 hours after the Encampment has been served with a Possession Order, and represents an aggressive choice, clearly timed in order to punish and go unchallenged. Our unions strongly condemn this…

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Campaigns | Hotel and conference park | News | Outsourcing - Edgbaston Park Hotel

Job Opportunity – Organiser (part-time, 11 months fixed term)
ByBranch Committee March 2, 2020March 4, 2020

Birmingham University UNISON are excited to announce that we are recruiting for a part-time organiser, focusing specifically on building our strength in the Edgbaston Park Hotel (a University-owned subsidiary company). The role is two days per week and on a fixed-term contract for 11 months. (The reason for the contract term is because it’s being…

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What you can do to help spread the word about pay, working conditions, the Dubai campus
ByBranch Committee December 5, 2018April 24, 2019

We need to bring attention to our campaigns from outside the campus, and as such as many of us as possible need to spread the word about the campaigns on: · Concerns regarding the Dubai campus (listed in this letter) · Pay and Living Wage Accreditation · Working conditions (here is the report…

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News | Outsourcing - Edgbaston Park Hotel | Uncategorized

Conference park / hotel outsourcing
ByBranch Committee June 11, 2018April 13, 2019

We are very concerned about the university’s plan to force conference park and hotel staff to move to a private company that. UNISON believe the changes will mean: Lower wages, sick pay, reduced or no overtime rates and bank holiday pay for new starters creating a 2 tier work force (this is what HR and…

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News | Pay and the real living wage | Uncategorized

Reflections on today’s event on the Living Wage campaign
ByBranch Committee May 30, 2019May 30, 2019

Listening to Liam Byrne talk today on why all staff deserve to be paid a living wage I was struck by the fact that Birmingham was once called “…the best governed city in the world” – acknowledged by many as somewhere that not only fulfilled its civic duty but exceeded it. It also reminded me…

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