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7 Birmingham MPs have written again to our VC David Eastwood, urging him to seek living wage accreditation, end outsourcing, and pay staff fairly
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Let us know if you wish to attend! UNISON national network events, seminars, and conferences
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Ann Widdecombe holds a University of Birmingham Honorary Doctorate
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VC David Eastwood fails to apologise for staff and student workers’ emotional and economic struggles caused by the multimillion-pound New Core Payroll system
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(Archive) News and campaigns from 2014 & 2015
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…