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Especially proud of the members of our union this week. Making bold stands against misinformation from the university and fighting to prioritize education. PSAC 901 remains steadfast in advocating for fair assessments and academic integrity. We will continue to fight for workers' and learners' rights. #PSAC901

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Stay strong everyone, you have the support of one another and your union!

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Sad to be away from my students, but proud to be part of a union that really cares. Great people and great energy, I believe change is in the horizon.

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Striking from home but making sure everyone knows the shady way the University has been behaving! I am baffled that not one person in management position has been able to come forward to say how support staff are being treated is wrong! They really thought we would just lay down and take it - I feel embarrassed for them as they have no idea how strong we are! Standing with you all ✊

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All students want to learn in an environment that is clean, well-maintained and safe. This is only possible if you are all treated with the respect and value that you deserve - something that the university doesn’t seem to realise. I have the greatest respect for you all standing up for what is right ✊

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A good campus environment and order is the foundation for the stable development of the university. Their work is not on the stage, but they are working silently, and their work deserves recognition!

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If we didn't stand up for each other this time, what will happen at the next pay review? We all know co workers (who are our friends too) who have started to look away from the Uni just to find a way to pay daily bills, gave up holidays a few years ago, and gone to food banks. I'm so glad we haven't forgotten that this pay band review plus the divide and conquer Uni approach came at one of the hardest times in a generation for us all.

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I am a student but what am I paying all these fees for if support workers aren’t even reviewing proper pay and treatment?!

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Striking from home today! Love and power to you all !

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I’m so grateful and proud of all my fellow Unison members and colleagues for standing in the cold for me.

I’m striking at home but my heart is there with you, especially on North Gate.

Keep up the pressure my friends ✊

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It doesn't matter what University management says we deserve everything we are asking for right now if not more .... WE DONT NEED PRAISE WE NEED A RAISE!!

Can't make the picket today but totally backing these strike ... stay strong - we are in this together!

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So does the uni's offer.

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This picket pup can’t be with you in person, but she’s adopted UNISON colours in solidarity! 💜💚

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To my UNISON coworkers, you are my strength. You have been standing beside me in thick and thin that inspires me to do great things. I really appreciate our healthy relationship. Together we will succeed .

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Wishing all those on the pickets today a great day together! Sadly can't join due to sickness. Hope to join you all by end of week!

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Due to ongoing mobility problems I can’t be with you in person today but I’m with you every inch of the way.

My Unison reps and work colleagues support me every day, and I’m on strike in support of you all.

Stand proud, my friends and let them hear us roar! ✊

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VC Adam WE ARE NOT TICKLED!!

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thank you for everything you do for us students, you deserve security and rights rather than precarious employment ❤️

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I am not with you in person but I am there in spirit, waving a sign and blowing a whistle. I am striking to support my colleagues and my colleagues are picketing for me. Together in UNISON ✊

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Sorry I couldn't join you on the picket line this time but solidarity to everyone on strike this week, and keep going. Your work keeps the university functioning and you deserve decent pay and conditions, it's time for UoB management to listen to Unison. All best wishes for success in the dispute. Liz Clements, Labour councillor and Unison member.

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It's funny (or maybe not) that being on strike has made me feel more valued and having a purpose more than actually working for the University ... which says a lot about University managers and it's leadership!

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Yesterday's picket was so warm, bright and strong and really highlighted how poor University leadership is ... we need people in charge who are kind, have social awareness and care the picket really highlighted this and how much better work life could realy be . I cant make today's picket but stand in full support of everyone striking on the picket and online/from home ✊

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How often have you felt irritated by the phrase ‘bring yourself to work’? Absolutely no-one wants - or expects you - to do that at UoB unless you are ‘corporate’, compliant and most importantly-quiet!…Bring yourself to our picket line instead. It’s welcoming, it feels safe and is a place where you can share the truths that the university is so eager to suppress. Solidarity ✊🏼

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There is so much mutual respect, good will and warmth on the Unison UoB picket line. This helps no end to heal the feelings of sadness and frustration that I experience after encounters with the university’s leadership. The picket line presents a different reality that is altogether more honest, nourishing and inspiring.

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Rebranding and glossy brochures can’t keep us warm or feed our families. Pay us fairly and treat us with the dignity we deserve.

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So many people sharing their feelings of being over worked, under paid, feeling worthless and not valued and being told to leave by managers today. University should be ashamed that they have made their employees feel this way - in solidarity with everyone... we have to look out for one another!

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As a student, i am in full support of striking against unfair treatment of all staff.

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I'm a student and I fully stand behind the strikes, the university would not function without your labour. Hope that we see some results soon!

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I have been under the weather this morning so haven’t made it to today’s picket line on campus, but I am sending everyone solidarity and support in the strike! Looking forward to hopefully seeing more folks in person in the coming days.

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Joining the strike from home as I'm sick and can't join the pickets. So proud of how we are showing the university that they can't do what they want and face no consequences. Stay strong!

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I can’t be there on the picket line tomorrow as off sick (probably overworked) but am definitely there in spirit . Hope the weather is good for you . Stay safe stay warm & keep up the good work.

Sharmila overworked , underpaid & frustrated cleaner here @ UofB

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Well done for taking strike action to stand up for your rights, terms and conditions. It will not have been an easy decision but is necessary as a result of the University treating you so badly for so long. Solidarity from Staffordshire UNISON!

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Hello! All the best for your campaign. We support you. x ✊🏽

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Hello! All the best for your campaign. We support you. x ✊🏽

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I just feel stuck in a workplace that has zero value for its workers and that is one of the main reasons I am striking. This is only way we can show how unhappy we are as everything else is falling in deaf ears.

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Fed up that managers are constantly harping on about resilience which is just another way of asking ppl to do more/extra/another job/work on no extra pay - we are not paid enough or fairly in the roles that we are in already … It’s really grinding and wild that University thinks there toxic behaviour is acceptable … it is just too much now …

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Solidarity and support! I’m a Lecturer and I recognise the incredible work you do to support students and staff. I hope you are successful and get the recognition you deserve.

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With you in solidarity. Wishing you wellxxx

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With you in solidarity. Wishing you wellxxx

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We are there in spirit FTF, merry xmas wonderful unison comrades

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We are there in spirit FTF, merry xmas wonderful unison comrades

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Picket Kitty says solidarity!

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Sending much solidarity and wishing success to you all in this dispute. Paula Anne.

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We are with you all the way and eternal greets and solidarity. Staying focus and strong will help achieve your gold.

Shaikhy

CWU

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Every strke counts. Thank you, and keep going!

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Every strke counts. Thank you, and keep going!

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Birmingham TUC 3xtends solidarity to Birmingham Unisonbtoday.

We look forward to supporting your successful struggle throughout 2024

Martin Hoare for BTUC

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With you in spirit today dear colleagues.

Hope the weather is being kind to you.

We will succeed if we stick together.

“Unison- when many voices sound like one”

Merry Christmas!

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Sending love and solidarity to al strikers today. Collective action wins, and can stop management in their tracks.

Saira Weiner, LJMU UCU

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Good luck everyone with today's action. Keep on fighting you all deserve better!

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Good luck everyone with today's action. Keep on fighting you all deserve better!

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Matt R.

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Solidarity with all of you on strike today. I’m a Birmingham Uni alum and the University’s recent behaviour towards its staff has been shameful. Good on you for standing up for yourselves. Amy

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Solidarity to all our members striking today. ‘I am what I am because of who we all are.’

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Solidarity to the Striking staff for today.

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Solidarity to all at Birmingham Uni Unison taking action today. From Pete, a UCU rep.

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The union together, depending our rights...

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The union together, depending our rights...

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Well done Unison members. Every pay rise and improved condition has been won from employers by workers combining and saying "enough of this". Solidarity.

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Solidarity with the strike from ucu members at Birmingham City University - at BCU we are still pushing to try to get Unison recognition for support staff. Good luck with the action, we are with you all the way!

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I'm not there, but I am here, and even when we aren't in the same place, we are united.

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Wish I could be there 💪💪💪

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Us MA PGT students stand with you!

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Just to let you everyone ... we sharing everything ... even if we can't be there at the live picket ... we are still letting everyone know about the strikes and how awesome everyone is ... stay strong ... we are gonna do well ✊

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Extremely sad to not be with you all today on the picket lines. What each and every one of you is doing by standing together around the university perimeter is so valuable, stay strong! I hope everyone visiting the university today and passing the pickets is able to have a more balanced view of their workplace or place of study- that there’s a lot more work to be done to make the university of Birmingham a fair, equitable and transparent institution. Our staff should not need to visit food banks. Step up UoB, it’s past time.

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I am not able to be on a picket line with you but I am there is spirit. You are all doing amazing things, standing up for our rights and not giving in despite the pressure. Doing the right thing isn't easy, but it's worth it.

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I’m not on the picket line today as I’m laid up in bed with a bad back & the flu . I’m there with you’s in spirit though

#solidarity 👊🏻 x

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I just wanted to say how inspiring and uplifting these pickets have been. The community we have here is standing up and making a firm statement to say we will not abandon each other. We are looking after each other on the pickets and in work and it has been a joy to see and be a part of. The world seems increasingly dark and depressing but being on the picket lines and hearing the speakers at the rallies has really uplifted and I hope it has for others too. We are UoB! And we can win this!

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Bub's picket quote - Friday 29th September

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Bub's picket quote - Friday 29th September

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For the final quote of this series of strikes, Bub has chosen "They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself" ~ Andy Warhol

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Bub's Picket Quote - Thursday 28th September 

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Bub's Picket Quote - Thursday 28th September 

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Bubbin thinks you're all doing amazingly, both strikers on campus and those at home! His quote is "Action in the face of uncertainty is essential to creation" ~ Jonathan Fields. Bub thinks you're all taking amazing action in the face of this uncertainty.

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Bub's Picket Quote - Wednesday 27th September

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Bub's Picket Quote - Wednesday 27th September

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Bubbin is very proud to be the accessible picket mascot, though he has demanded better Dreamies pay!
His quote for today says "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Act as though it were impossible to fail. " ~ Dorothea Brandt

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When your employer tries to paint the unions as the bad guys for asking for a fair deal, there's nothing left to do than to strike.

✨ TRUST YOUR UNIONS ✨

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Bub's Picket Quote - Friday 22nd September

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Bub's Picket Quote - Friday 22nd September

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I'm not at the picket line coz I have annual leave today. Bub is committed to resting today. His quote is from The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett: "Susan says 'Don't get afraid, get angry'."

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standing strong 💪🏽

You would think with so many industries/ppl/sectors striking this would be a wake up call that we can’t ALL be wrong … you would think 🤷🏽‍♀️

This is why having people with empathy and emotional intelligence at the top in all areas is 100% vital …

#solidarity

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Not only is it a great song, it's the perfect sentiment for us.  Whether you're on the picket lines or supporting the strike from a distance, we are strongest when we act together.

It was amazing seeing you all on the local news yesterday, let's hope it makes the Uni realise the stremgth of feeling out here.

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Standing up for each other #DoTheRightThing 

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Standing up for each other #DoTheRightThing 

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Standing up for each other and standing alongside each other is always the right thing to do 💪🏽✊🏾 #DoTheRightThing

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Super proud of of everyone making a stand and making sure our voices are heard …total gratitude 🙏🏽✊🏾💪🏽

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Sorry I can't be there today, but I'm with you in spirit.

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Bub's picket quote - Thursday 21st September

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Bub's picket quote - Thursday 21st September

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"If you're selling your soul working all day, overtime hours for bull**** pay, nothing's gonna change if all you do is wish you could wake up and it not be true: join a union, fight for better pay"
~Billy Bragg

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Wanted to join you all today but have been off work poorly since Monday. Proud of you all, standing beside you, Thank you.

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Wanted to join you all today but have been off work poorly since Monday. Proud of you all, standing beside you, Thank you.

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I can’t thank you enough for all your efforts to make the campus a better place for everyone. Keep going, don’t lose faith, don’t let the people who’re hostile to striking workers intimidate you, and continue the action until a victory is reached! UCU members stand right behind you & are indebted to you for holding the line of solidarity!

In solidarity

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Don’t under value us 🙌🏼✌🏼💪🏽 Indi x

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It’s the U and I in Union that makes us strong 💪🏽

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Good Luck - Keep Fighting the Good Fight 

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Good Luck - Keep Fighting the Good Fight 

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Good luck all, for today and tomorrow. Unfortunately I can’t be with you today as I’m on annual leave. However, you do have my virtual support. Keep fighting the good fight. #Solidarity

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So proud of you all being there in person to have your voice heard. #stronger together

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Joining you on the virtual picket line as my daughter received her A level results today so I can’t be there in person, but sending strength and solidarity to all my colleagues! 💪🏼🫶🏼

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In solidarity with my fellow colleagues, sorry can’t be with you as I’m not in Birmingham ✊✊✊….Rabs

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Just wanted to add my virtual support to all of you on the picket lines today.  I am taking strike action by not working today, at home with the family instead.

We are strongest when we stand together, wherever we are.