The results for the UCU Rising ballot have been announced and UCU nationally has smashed the anti-trade union threshold, with a turnout of 57.8% in the pay & conditions ballot, with 81.1% members voting in favour of strike action and 88.8% in favour of action short of a strike. This means we can take national action as a union over the issues this dispute is about. See the full results here

Thank you to all members who helped campaign to get the vote out at Kingston. We will be discussing as a branch what action we want to see and taking this to national branch delegates meeting 31st October.

Members can read General Secretary Jo Grady’s discussion document on how she thinks we should proceed in this dispute.