Countdown to VC David Eastwood’s Incentive Bonus of £80,000


We’ve had a number of concerns recently from members regarding the local plans being made for returning to campus. It’s clear that there is a huge amount of variation across the institution, with some good practice where continued home working remains the default as well as unfortunately many examples where a return to on campus work is…
Countdown to strike action There are only 4 days left until our next strike days, on Monday the 2nd and Tuesday 3rd September. We’ve planned something special for these strike days – we’re taking our campaign to the general public on Monday, with a demonstration in town and many councillors and MPs lined up to…
Context of the 2018/2019 dispute on fair pay, equality and improved working conditions: Every year, trade unions on campus hold talks with the University Senior Management on the pay and working conditions of staff for the following year. In the past years, support staff trade unions (UNISON, UNITE and GMB) have held their pay talks…
UNISON and UCU members leafleted the last University Open Day in October, giving out a positive message about support staff and calling for a decent pay rise. We all had a great time and had lots of nice compliments and feedback from potential applicants and their families. You can download the leaflet and postcard we…
On Friday afternoon last week (right before the start of UCU’s 8 consecutive days of strike action), Provost Tim Jones sent an email to all staff and Pro-VC Kathleen Armour sent an email to all students. The emails portrayed UCU’s plans to picket university buildings as ‘unlawful’ (Jones) and ‘not allowed’ (Armour). Jones’ email reads: ‘The…
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….