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Have you received your ballot yet? Vote NOW!
Have you received your ballot paper yet? Ballot papers have been sent by post to your home address, and are marked with the logo of Electoral Reform Services, the independent organisation that’s running the strike ballot. All support staff members at the University should have received them by now. If you’ve not received a ballot…
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University puts catering and conferences staff at risk of redundancy. Also seeks to force staff onto “flexible” contracts
On Wednesday and Thursday last week all staff working in the University of Birmingham’s catering and conferences departments were invited to meetings with senior managers and HR. At these meetings roughly half of the staff (almost 120 staff in total), including chefs, supervisors and the whole Conference and Events Department were informed they were at…
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UNISON members hand-delivered the Challenge Letter to VC David Eastwood’s office
The letter can be read and signed here uobunison.org.uk/challenge (the page also includes a video of 12 members reading it out). On Thursday afternoon (1st of August 2019), members of UNISON University of Birmingham branch went to VC David Eastwood’s office to hand-deliver the challenge letter addressed to him and the rest of senior management. The…
Birmingham UCU branch show solidarity with Support Staff
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,…
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Letter to the University of Birmingham – trade union concerns relating to the campus in Dubai
Following our email sent to the University of Birmingham on the 12th of October (link), we sent a letter to the University to raise trade union concerns with regards to the new campus in Dubai. The letter builds on a motion that UNISON passed at a members’ meeting earlier in the year [which can be…