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@BirminghamUCU
Jan 23, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Of course in your email you neglect to mention how while regular staff have had to put up with stagnant wages, the wage bill for the senior University Executive Board has shot up by 15% in the past three years.
You also overlook completely the endemic casualisation and precarity staff face, as documented by @PrecariousBrum. In 2016, The Guardian revealed 70% of teaching staff were found to on insecure contracts, the highest in the Russell Group theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/n…
Staff were also not told how management have refusing to meet with BUCU under the University’s normal Joint Negotiating and Consultative Committee since late Nov. By coincidence, this was when @birminghamdubai was making headlines for the wrong reasons theguardian.com/education/2019…
Staff were also not told about how plans to strictly monitor non-EU staff were secretly developed without consulting staff or unions and were not terribly well received theguardian.com/education/2019…
You can read more about what was and wasn't included in the email here 👇 birminghamucu.org/2019/01/23/bir…
If this thread has got you thinking, I should really get round to joining a union, we've got you covered. Academic and academic-related staff can join @ucu ucu.org.uk/join #HeartUnions #HelloBrum
Support staff are represented by @BhamUniUnison, @unitetheunion and @GMB_union. The UNISON UoB website has lots of useful resources uobunison.org.uk #HeartUnions #HelloBrum

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