Thread by @BirminghamUCU

For #IWD2019, we'd like to highlight how our members, alongside @BhamUniUnison and the other campus trade unions, are standing up for women's rights @unibirmingham #UoBWomen

For years, we've been campaigning for @unibirmingham to do the right thing and become a Real #LivingWage employer. This move would significantly benefit women, who are disproportionately represented in low paid work on campus #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

We're currently negotiating with @unibirmingham to support #PeriodPoverty and make sanitary products freely available to staff and students #IWD2019

We've been calling on @unibirmingham to work with us to close the #GenderPayGap by 2020. To date, management has preferred to develop its own less ambitious action plan without drawing on our members' experiences and insights 🤔 #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

We recognise women continue to shoulder more caring responsibilities than men and this often affects our members' career prospects. We've called on @unibirmingham to do more to subsidise childcare provision in order to reduce stress and support parents #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

We continue to demand @unibirmingham ends the scandal of casual employment. Approx 70% teaching staff are on casual contracts. Women are disproportionately affected and lose out on maternity pay. So far, progress has been slow going but we won't give up! #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

We remain deeply concerned about the risks female staff and students face @birminghamdubai. Women who report sexual assaults can expect to be charged by UAE authorities 😠. @unibirmingham has consistently refused to take our concerns seriously #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

You'll find details of all these issues in the joint report we produced last year with @BhamUniUnison @GMB_union @unitetheunion uobunison.org.uk/university-of-… #FairPayEqualPay #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

Our strength to change things for the better comes from our members. If you're an academic or academic-related member of staff or a PG student who works @unibirmingham, please join @ucu today! ucu.org.uk/join ✊ #IWD2019 #UoBWomen

If you're a member of support staff, please join @BhamUniUnison, @unitetheunion or @GMB_union. Whether you're a man or woman, joining a union is the best way to make sure your voice is heard at work and equality and fairness is taken seriously #IWD2019 #UoBWomen