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Hundreds support a letter written by a member of support staff at the University of Birmingham, challenging Senior Management to live off low pay for a month
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Hundreds support a letter written by a member of support staff at the University of Birmingham, challenging Senior Management to live off low pay for a month

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Read the letter here: uobunison.org.uk/challenge List of supporters: https://uobunison.org.uk/supporters-of-the-challenge Hundreds of higher education staff, students, and alumni have endorsed a letter challenging University of Birmingham senior managers to live off the salary of a typical member of support staff for a month. Other signatories include Birmingham MP Preet Gill and local councillors. The list can be…

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Member comments on VC Eastwood’s lack of response to the challenge letter

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A member comments on the VC’s decision to ignore our call for him to respond to our low paid member’s letter which we delivered on the 1st of August and have yet to receive a response: ‘To be quite honest I’m actually insulted that my employer, the vice chancellor, has not responded to the letter,…

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UoB in the news & The Guardian’s request for submissions of accounts of racism on HE campuses

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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…

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The University of Birmingham puts students at risk of injury in order to break UNISON’s strike

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This is how the University of Birmingham were trying to break the strike earlier this week – by asking students to come in for ‘last minute shifts’ tomorrow. The email was sent out during our negotiators’ meeting with management (during which they made no new offer!). For information, Worklink is a university department (which they call…

Strike ballot result – you voted yes!
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Strike ballot result – you voted yes!

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We announced the result of our ballot on pay spine changes earlier this week. On an impressive 54.99% turnout, the yes vote to strike action was 89.63%. UK law around strike action is designed to make it as difficult as possible to get a result, by insisiting on a minimum turnout of 50% and that all votes have to…

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Official Launch of the Strike Ballot Campaign Video – It’s High Noon for David Eastwood!

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Our demands are that the University: Gives an above RPI inflation pay increase to all support staff; Becomes a Living Wage Accredited employer; Eliminates the gender pay gap by 2020; Fixes the Support Staff pay spine & allocates a budget for it; Negotiates with all unions on the joint unions’ report on working conditions at…

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