UoB Is Not a Happy Place! Leafleting with UCU at the University’s Annual Meeting (March 2018)








Please bring in non-perishable items for our foodbank collection. The main collection point will be the general office in the Ashley Building (room G13). You can take a photo of yourself and Santa (see the photo below) in exchange for a foodbank donation!
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…
Made in Dagenham – film screening & free pizza! Friday the 17th of August, from 4.30pm in Vaughan Jeffrys Lecture Theatre, Education Building Please register for free here Non-members are more than welcome to attend too, as the lecture theatre has more than 300 seats! The lecture theatre is accessible to wheelchair users, and it…
Our reballot for strike action at the University of Birmingham has been open for a little under three weeks – if you’ve not yet voted there is still time left. Every vote improves our leverage – you really make a difference by voting. Why does striking again matter? We held 9 days of strike action in 2023….
UCU and UNISON, the unions representing mental health support workers at the University of Birmingham, are seriously concerned about changes made to counselling provision at the University last month. After years of underfunding and understaffing the University has elected not to replace counsellors after all but one of the existing post-holders left in March via…
We are pleased to have read an article explaining our campaign to UCU members, written by our sister branch on campus, Birmingham UCU. You can read it here: https://birminghamucu.org/2019/05/18/high-noon-for-david-eastwood-unison-uob-strike-ballot/ We also understand that an email has been sent to all UCU members on the University of Birmingham campus, in support of our fight for fair pay,…