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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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Joint union HSE inspection update
ByBranch Committee September 22, 2025September 22, 2025

Concerns raised about chronic understaffing at Birmingham ahead of start of term For several years now, the University of Birmingham unions have sounded the alarm about workload pressure and overstretched services. As the start of a new academic year looms, there are warning signs that things could be reaching a crisis point, and we…

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University of Birmingham in the news for failing to support survivors of sexual abuse
ByBranch Committee November 27, 2019

In the past month, four truly frightening articles have been published in the Student online magazine The Tab and The Guardian about the University of Birmingham’s lack of response, empathy and support for survivors of sexual assault. We are shocked and disappointed by the news and we urge the University to review its policies and…

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Cut senior managers’ pay, not ours! The University can afford to pay support staff more
ByBranch Committee May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

We are in dispute with the University of Birmingham, and on Wed 15th May strike ballot papers will be sent out to all our support staff members. We are asking UoB management to do the right thing: end inequality & treat us fairly! UNISON members voted to demand that senior managers are paid no more…

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Student Workers’ Letter to VC David Eastwood highlights late and wrong payments, and over-taxation. Please sign their petition!
ByBranch Committee August 30, 2019August 30, 2019

A group of amazing student workers has come together to address the injustices that student casual workers are facing on our campus. Some of the issues include wrong payments, over taxation, delayed payments (by months), and being treated unfairly. Please make the time to read their letter, sign it, and share it as widely…

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[Guardian article] University of Birmingham warned of risk to LGBT rights at Dubai campus
ByBranch Committee November 15, 2018April 24, 2019

This is just a quick post to flag up an article published by The Guardian on the University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus: It reads: ‘Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at its new campus in Dubai where being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging and execution. They have…

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UNISON, UCU, UNITE and GMB branches launch joint report on pay and working conditions
ByBranch Committee November 4, 2018May 10, 2019

This week, the Trade Unions on campus (UNISON, UCU, UNITE and GMB) have submitted a report to the University management negotiators, ahead of our first joint University – Unions meeting which will take place on Tuesday the 6th of November. The report includes our cover letter, as well as information regarding the pay claim, terms…

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