{"id":692,"date":"2022-10-24T13:53:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/?p=692"},"modified":"2022-10-24T13:53:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T12:53:37","slug":"national-ucu-wins-ballot-over-pensions-pay-and-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2022\/10\/24\/national-ucu-wins-ballot-over-pensions-pay-and-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL UCU wins ballot over pensions, pay and conditions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">This NATIONAL ballot is entirely separate from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\"><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2022\/10\/24\/local-negotiations-update-important\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.kent.ac.uk%2Fucuuok%2F2022%2F10%2F24%2Flocal-negotiations-update-important%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CK.Richardson-Dawes%40kent.ac.uk%7Cc59c760066ba4f87c04e08dab5be86db%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638022127151208334%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eD%2BikutYCMETsYU8zouzQsRM4K%2Bw8ARqqWeNqAfW7sM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"0\">the local issues in my previous email today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">NATIONALLY UCU have voted with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">57.8%<\/span><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0turnout in the NATIONAL industrial action ballot over pay, precarity and inequalities. The \u2018Yes\u2019 vote was 81.1%.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">NATIONALLY UCU have voted with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">60.2%<\/span><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0t<\/span><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">urnout in the NATIONAL industrial action ballot over USS pensions. The \u2018Yes\u2019 vote was 84.9%.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">This was an aggregated ballot, meaning every single eligible institution can take industrial action, giving us far more leverage. As Jo Grady just said in the live announcement, this will be the first time that all universities will be able to strike together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ucu.org.uk\/article\/12581\/University-staff-vote-for-UK-wide-strike-action-in-historic-ballot. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucu.org.uk%2Farticle%2F12581%2FUniversity-staff-vote-for-UK-wide-strike-action-in-historic-ballot&amp;data=05%7C01%7CK.Richardson-Dawes%40kent.ac.uk%7Cc59c760066ba4f87c04e08dab5be86db%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638022127151208334%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uyq7i%2BG7bWx5I9kPci3b8ewojOc%2Fnd1Wp1lfzIngKBU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"1\">\u200b\u200bClick here for more information on the national UCU website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">What you need to do now<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><br class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted0\">You have been sent a unique link by \u2018yoursay@ucu.org.uk\u2019 to a survey about the strategy your union should pursue.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This NATIONAL ballot is entirely separate from\u00a0the local issues in my previous email today NATIONALLY UCU have voted with\u00a057.8%\u00a0turnout in the NATIONAL industrial action ballot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2022\/10\/24\/national-ucu-wins-ballot-over-pensions-pay-and-conditions\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78849,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}