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


The slides from the last AGM (2018) are available here: UNISON AGM – 13th March Importantly, we passed a motion calling for senior management to be paid no more than 10 times the lowest paid member of staff at the university. The motion reads: Motion on Senior Staff Pay and the Living Wage Motion passed…
7 Birmingham MPs have written again to our VC David Eastwood, urging him to seek living wage accreditation, end outsourcing by bringing Edgbaston Park Hotel staff in-house, and address our pay demands. We thank Preet GIll MP, Jack Dromey MP, Liam Byrne MP, Richard Burden MP, Steve McCabe MP, Jess Phillips MP, Roger Godsiff MP for their continued…
These two days will include protests in Birmingham – keep an eye on our updates for more information. Also, if you’ve organised protests in Birmingham yourself, we’d appreciate your advice/support. The motion passed at our members’ meeting on the 22nd of August reads: Strike action and pay, equality and working conditions dispute …
We are saddened to hear the shocking news that today, Matthew Hedges (Durham University PhD student) has been sentenced in UAE to life imprisonment. BBC – live updates https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-tyne-46238426 BBC – article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46288510 FT: https://www.ft.com/content/53ceb434-ed7c-11e8-8180-9cf212677a57 The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/matthew-hedges-jailed-life-sentence-court-trial-uae-abu-bhabi-british-academic-a8644476.html According to FT, his sentencing is for ‘allegedly spying on behalf of the UK Government’; a family spokesman said that…
For information regarding the logistics and agenda for the strike day, please visit this page: https://uobunison.org.uk/strike-info Questions about strike action We’re starting to put together the questions you’ve asked us about strike action into a complete FAQ about what striking means and the protection the law gives you. Here’s a few of the questions we’ve been…
Updates before the upcoming two days of strike action: Tim Jones’ email…. Tim Jones has sent yet another email to all staff, misinforming them about our dispute. The 3% ‘offer’ for NEXT year (while refusing to offer anything for the year we’re actually in dispute) came as a result of union pressure. It’s absolutely not…