eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
Yep, I'm out. Collecting a bunch of hardship claim forms tomorrow and attempting to strengthen resolve on our floor. Management being polite, but distant.
Strike!
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comrade spurski
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non of the teachers in my school were out in march...so will be interesting to see if they come out now if other unions do. I am a teaching assistant in unite so don't know our result yet...but will definitely be striking as I will join unison or gmb if unite don't strike.
leyton96
NGO's selling privilege checking solutions
I'd be the last one to defend the Unison leadership but I think they are genuinely looking at further two day strike action in September. They are perfectly well aware that one day won't cut it and more is necessary.
It would be a mistake to see "the bureaucracy" as one bloc with a fixed purpose. In fact they're split like never before. For example the right wing in the North West (heavily influenced by the CP) have fallen out with the national leadership over the sell out of the pay campaign last year. They've now re-invented themselves as fighting militants particularly the regional secretary Kevin Nelson. If that name rings a few bells it's because in a previous life he was the arch witch-hunter when he was head of Unison's 'Democratic Services' (an Orwellian title if ever there was one, seen as the witch hunt was run out of that department!)
There is a layer in the bureaucracy that wants to deliver something for the membership on pay. To come away empty handed again would call the credibility of the union into question, meaning a drop in subs, meaning the appalling vista of some bureaucrats possibly having to get a job in the real world!
That's not to say they won't call off action in September if they think they can get away with it of course. However it's not as straightforward for them as simply call the members out for a one day jolly, declare victory and go home.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
i'm going to guess you mean turnouts
from 1st page of google search for "union strike ballot turnout"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...or-strikes-on-low-turn-outs-say-Tory-MPs.html
http://ampp3d.mirror.co.uk/2014/02/...w-turnout-he-should-look-at-his-own-election/
June 2011
http://news.sky.com/story/862314/do-the-unions-have-a-mandate-to-strike
http://commonslibraryblog.com/2014/02/11/low-turnout-in-strike-ballots/
comrade spurski
Well-Known Member
Anyone know when unite will announce?
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
also out, 68% for strike action 79% industrial action short of strike
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/local-government-workers-to-strike-over-poverty-pay-on-10-july/
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Looks like PCS will be out on July 10th too.....
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_e...-strikes-after-yes-vote#.U7F_nHsC5w8.facebook
NEC to discuss coordinated strikes after yes vote
30 June 2014
Taking joint strike action with other unions on 10 July will be discussed by our NEC after a yes vote in our national ballot.
We held a consultative ballot asking members to back our 'We all need a pay rise campaign,' starting with a 1-day strike on 10 July.
We have sought central talks on our claim. We must force the government to end the pay cap, to succeed with our claim.
We have an existing industrial action mandate but our annual delegate conference in Brighton agreed to ask our members to vote 'yes' in a consultative ballot on our national campaign running from 12-30 June.
In the ballot, which closed today, 73.7% of those who took part backed the campaign. The turnout was 24% of those eligible to vote.
The national executive meets tomorrow (1 July) to discuss next steps.
We all need a pay rise
Across the UK pay cuts have damaged the economy and caused real hardship for millions of people.
If pay had kept pace with inflation, average civil service pay would be £2,300 higher than it is now. But the government has announced that the pay cap will continue in 2014 and 2015 and possibly beyond.
Our members are facing the tightest living standards squeeze for nearly a century.
We have submitted a pay claim to the Cabinet Office, which seeks a:
£1,200 or 5% pay increase.
Find out more about our pay campaign.
#WeAllNeedAPayRise
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_e...-strikes-after-yes-vote#.U7F_nHsC5w8.facebook
NEC to discuss coordinated strikes after yes vote
30 June 2014
Taking joint strike action with other unions on 10 July will be discussed by our NEC after a yes vote in our national ballot.
We held a consultative ballot asking members to back our 'We all need a pay rise campaign,' starting with a 1-day strike on 10 July.
We have sought central talks on our claim. We must force the government to end the pay cap, to succeed with our claim.
We have an existing industrial action mandate but our annual delegate conference in Brighton agreed to ask our members to vote 'yes' in a consultative ballot on our national campaign running from 12-30 June.
In the ballot, which closed today, 73.7% of those who took part backed the campaign. The turnout was 24% of those eligible to vote.
The national executive meets tomorrow (1 July) to discuss next steps.
We all need a pay rise
Across the UK pay cuts have damaged the economy and caused real hardship for millions of people.
If pay had kept pace with inflation, average civil service pay would be £2,300 higher than it is now. But the government has announced that the pay cap will continue in 2014 and 2015 and possibly beyond.
Our members are facing the tightest living standards squeeze for nearly a century.
We have submitted a pay claim to the Cabinet Office, which seeks a:
£1,200 or 5% pay increase.
Find out more about our pay campaign.
#WeAllNeedAPayRise
I'm RMT but don't know much outside of LU. That's like what Ronald Raygun did with the the air traffic workers isn't it? No idea if it's legal or not.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
The fuckin scab cunts wouldn't turn their noses up at a pay rise.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
bring back closed shops
krink
I'll do it this afternoon
They are quite happy to take the money the union is getting them through equal pay claim but not willing to lose a day's pay. I used to argue about it but I ended up with a final written warning last time I stood up. Not worth the stress that caused me. There is nobody else who will speak up in our building.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Haven't seen the result of the Unison public sector ballot, are we out ? (Forgot to vote as well as ballot arrived just before I went on holiday and thought I'd have time to vote when I got back)
Where are you getting that from? The Unison website has this, but don't think universities are covered by "local government and school support"Oh we are out on the 10th - normally work from home on a Thursday so I will set up a picket line to prevent me going into the kitchen and switching on the laptop -I'm assuming there is a march/rally in London so will attend that
Had no word from our branch, naturally.
edit: sorry, absolutely no reason "local government and school support" doesn't cover you, of course
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Just had an email that UCU are striking ("Although you are not obligated to do so in advance, it would be most helpful if you could inform your line manager if you are planning to strike"). Still no word from Unison 
For technical reasons 
our branch of PCS aren't involved in Thursday's strike, although other parts of the union elsewhere will be.
festivaldeb's in Unison and will be OUT
I'm fully in support anyway. There won't be any picket line for me to refuse to cross, but I'll have to think up what I can do in support short of actually being on strike.
our branch of PCS aren't involved in Thursday's strike, although other parts of the union elsewhere will be.festivaldeb's in Unison and will be OUT
I'm fully in support anyway. There won't be any picket line for me to refuse to cross, but I'll have to think up what I can do in support short of actually being on strike.
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