DERBY VOTES FOR STRIKE ACTION 82.21%

DERBY VOTES FOR ASOS 93.25%

UCU Derby has just announced that there was overwhelming support for the branch to take industrial action in the face of the University’s plan for redundancies.

We received an unprecedented turnout of 66.4% in the ballot and the vote was won by a huge majority in favour of both questions of industrial action against the employer. 

This is a clear demonstration of how far staff confidence in management has fallen. The branch committee are now seeking further negotiations with management to try and stop the redundancies. The will also be a whole branch meeting to discuss the best way forwards. Please make every effort to attend:

Monday 17 November 13.00-14.00

Full vote results

Results have been officially confirmed by UCU national office and an independent scrutineers’ report (following section 231B of TULCRA 1992).

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot 381

Number of votes cast in the ballot 253

Votes cast in the ballot as a % of individuals who were entitled to vote 66.40%

ARE YOU PREPARED TO TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION CONSISTING OF STRIKE ACTION?

Yes   208       82.21%

No    45      17.79%

Number of spoilt or otherwise invalid voting papers returned 0

ARE YOU PREPARED TO TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION SHORT OF A STRIKE (ASOS)?

Yes   235    93.25%

No   17     6.75%

Number of spoilt or otherwise invalid voting papers returned 1