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Emails with the University about safety concerns
Our email reporting concerns 22.01.21 Dear Simon, Gillian, Mark, I am writing on behalf of UNISON members further to discussions this week regarding serious safety concerns that we feel have the potential to put employees of the University at risk of serious and imminent danger, and particularly those working within the University nurseries and the…
Boycott Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre (sign the pledge/ pass the motion)
Website: boycotteph.org.uk This is the start of the campaign to Boycott The University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre (and its 4 other buildings) until all outsourced workers are brought in-house at the University, so that everyone on campus benefits from union recognition and the same terms and conditions. UNISON and UCU branches…
Sign Labour Party’s petition to pause and fix Universal Credit
40,000 children will wake up in poverty on Christmas Day because the Tories refuse to pause and fix Universal Credit. Despite many working hard throughout the year, thousands of families will not be receiving their Universal Credit payments in time for Christmas, pushing the poorest families further into debt, poverty and at risk of eviction….
UoB in the news & The Guardian’s request for submissions of accounts of racism on HE campuses
The Guardian have put out a call for anonymous submissions on the issue of institutional and direct racism on UK university campuses. We encourage you to submit your accounts. They ask: What are your experiences of racism on the UoB campus? Follow this link: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/20/what-are-your-experiences-of-racism-at-university We would also like to bring to your attention a…
Announcement: Our members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of STRIKE ACTION
It is indeed High Noon for David Eastwood! ✊✊✊ UNISON support staff members have backed strike action by a clear and dramatic margin. To summarise it here: Over 78.6% of members participating voted in favour of taking strike action The turnout of the ballot was 51.3%, meeting the very high threshold imposed by the anti-union…
Archive (2013-2014)
HAS – Redundancies & anti-social contracts (2013) Redundancies and pay cuts at midnight 114 HAS staff facing Redundancy, Pay Cuts or anti social contracts See the flyer and sign the online petition. The University have recently announced, at a a few hours notice, proposals affecting over 114 staff in HAS. Proposals have included redundancies, removing shift…