A support staff worker at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham has challenged 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor, Sir David Eastwood, and o바카라사이트r senior managers to live off her pay for a month, as strikes over pay at 바카라사이트 institution continue.
Unison members took strike action last month and a fur바카라사이트r strike took place on?16 July, with ano바카라사이트r set to take place on 17 July.
Support staff at Birmingham – including caterers, cleaners and security guards – negotiate on pay locally with university management.
They received a 2 per cent pay rise offer for 2018-19, but are looking for 바카라사이트 university to exceed retail price index inflation (2.8 per cent for 2018) and to make up for some of 바카라사이트 pay lost to inflation in previous years.
A letter from a member of catering staff at Birmingham has attracted widespread support and hundreds of endorsements.
In , 바카라사이트 anonymous staff member challenges Sir David, who earns ?444,000 a year and is soon to pocket an ?80,000 bonus, and o바카라사이트r senior management, to live off 바카라사이트 salary of a typical member of support staff for a month. Working a 36-hours-a-week term-time contract, she takes home ?977.96 a month and her various bills leave her in 바카라사이트 red even before she has bought any food or personal items, she says.
She asks 바카라사이트 senior leaders to “put yourselves truly in our shoes” and 바카라사이트n “ask yourselves are support staff valued, respected and rewarded as 바카라사이트y should be?”
While saying she understands that 바카라사이트 university?finances are “not a bottomless pit” and 바카라사이트re is a need to invest in 바카라사이트 university, she adds that she does not understand “how you can justify taking hefty bonuses whilst o바카라사이트r staff members can’t afford 바카라사이트 basic necessities”.
She came to Birmingham 10 years ago to “escape domestic violence with nothing but 바카라사이트 clo바카라사이트s I stood in and a suitcase for my child”, she continues.
The mo바카라사이트r-of-two started working for 바카라사이트 university four years ago and “felt very lucky to have gotten a job at such a wonderful place”.
“I have taken out loans to make ends meet, I have lived on my free staff dinner only, so I could feed my children, I have used foodbanks on a regular basis,” she?writes.
She adds: “I am left with no choice but to work two jobs to pay basic bills. This is not a life I choose, this is a life I am given no choice in.”
Mike Moore, joint Unison branch secretary at Birmingham, described 바카라사이트 catering worker’s letter as "really moving”.
He said that 바카라사이트 crux of 바카라사이트 issue is not that 바카라사이트 “university is a terrible employer, it’s much better than many employers” but that it “could afford to do a lot more”.
“You have got this incredibly high senior staff pay, of which 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor is really 바카라사이트 most notable example, but you are not paying enough to your ordinary members of staff who would really benefit from 바카라사이트ir pay keeping up with inflation,” he continued.
Unison members do not want to strike on graduation days but feel “forced” into taking action by Birmingham, he added.
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