UoB Staff Encampment Support Letter

We, members of faculty and staff of Uni of Birmingham, stand firmly in support of the members of our university community who have begun an encampment at the University of Birmingham.
#HelloBrum #Birmingham #FreePalestine

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Last week, James Brackley was featured in The Guardian discussing his research with the The Audit Reform Lab.
Read the full article, including James' comments: theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

On Monday 6 May BTUC stood with campaigners against cuts to services, against the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda by this fascist government and joined those protesting escalation in Rafah
#SaveOurServices #BirminghamCuts #RefugeesWelcome #FreePalestine #AllEyesOnRafah

We've started a list of universities where students have started Gaza solidarity encampments ✊🇵🇸

Warwick, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, Swansea, Goldsmiths, UCL, & Edinburgh so far!

Get in touch if you want to add one or a report

notesfrombelow.org/article/gaza-s…

The The Audit Reform Lab are in the press again. This time in the The Guardian as James Brackley zooms in on the role of the Oracle IT system in the ongoing audit and accountability problems at Birmingham City Council theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

The Politics of Disablement and Precarious Work in the UK: Prefiguring a Non-Productivist Future

Thesis submitted, Viva awaits

Bham City Council Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities It's such a typical example of civil servants, supposedly neutral, gaming the system for political ends, assuming the unnamed 'Whitehall official' quoted in the Telegraph is real, rather than being a Michael Gove aide. It's just so transparent, yet frustrating all the same...3/4

There is almost certainly something new to report about long awaited @bhamcitycouncil inquiry into finances and we will do so when confirmed - but sometimes we need to call out this kind of blatant electioneering stunt. It insults our intelligence. birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

Bham £760m liability overstated, huge cuts made while budget basically unknown 'James Brackley said his research suggested service cuts and asset sales were being made too quickly & with little guarantee they would provide good value for money in the long run' theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

📢 Urgent Call to Action! 📢

1/5 UCU stands in solidarity with those fighting for justice & human rights. We've co-written a letter with University of Sussex Students' Union urging divestment from companies complicit in Israel's colonial genocide. Join us in this crucial fight for justice!

We UCU BMSC are STILL on boycott due to institutional #racism in UCU and in solidarity with our fellow Black and Global Majority Unite UCU staff. 2 ordinary UCU black members addressed the @TUC Black members conf highlighting our boycott today and got a standing ovation 👏🔥

Ellen Shobrook Ellen Shobrook (@BirminghamUCU Casework Coordinating Officer & @bhamuniunison member)’s msg of solidarity w/ the striking workers🔥

‘These picket lines of intent are not going anywhere until they negotiate!’
#UoBStrike

#SayNoToTheBribe #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UNISON
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📢📢 URGENT: Sue is a Black disabled migrant PhD student & mother in complaint against an abusive supervisor. Now Newcastle University is reporting her to the Home Office in retaliation, fully knowing she suffers from terminal, life & death Stage 5 kidney disease 🧵 #WeAreAllSue

Our employer has today been sent official notification of our intention to ballot for industrial action over our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture:
drive.google.com/file/d/1jk4B3T…

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An absolute privilege to stand with Fiona Mercer and UNISON - UK's largest union. Recognition of the right to strike by the Supreme Court, and a s.4 declaration.