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


1. UoB Travel Survey The UoB staff and student travel survey is now live for the month of October. Please take the time to complete the survey to inform the university about your thoughts including Car Parking! Feedback from the last survey undoubtedly has helped influence the recent changes to National Express buses and the introduction…
While the UK government and official scientific advisors are not yet recommending gatherings and meetings are cancelled, Birmingham University UNISON have decided to follow a precautionary approach, not least because we recognise that a number of members would have felt particularly anxious about attending a meeting of 50+ people in the current climate. Under…
We are extremely delighted that our sister branch, Birmingham UCU, has reached the threshold for both ballots that took place between the beginning of September and the end of October. The turnout for the pay/ casualisation/ equality/ workloads ballot was 58%, with 77% of members voting yes for strike action. The turnout for the pensions…
Payroll issues have continued this month and worse, a number of members have not been paid at all yesterday and are still currently awaiting an urgent payment to ensure they have the money they need to survive. We urgently need the problems with the payroll system to be fixed – it’s utterly ridiculous that a University…
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…
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…