James Robinson, Secretary of Unison in Knowsley, personal capacity
The ballot of Unison members in local government has finished and as we go to press the results are not yet public.
However, it is clear that there is a sizeable ‘Yes’ vote for action. The ballot was conducted on a disaggregated basis, by employer.
Socialist Party members and others in the union are arguing for a strategy to mount a serious fight, including:
- Taking strike action in all schools which meet the threshold as coordinated action with teachers in the autumn
- Taking targeted action in the councils that hit the threshold
- Reballoting any council that has 40% or above, and pool resources to assist them to get over the Tory-imposed 50% turnout threshold
