{"id":839,"date":"2023-10-26T15:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/?p=839"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:27:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:27:24","slug":"get-your-votes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2023\/10\/26\/get-your-votes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"GET YOUR VOTES OUT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A message to Kent UCU colleagues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">We realise many of you may be feeling overwhelmed already with\u00a0<span style=\"background: white\">national union activity<\/span>\u00a0info, in addition to all our ongoing local issues, so will keep this concise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><b><span style=\"color: black\">First and foremost &#8211; post your ballot papers before Wednesday 01 November<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">(\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/list.mercury.ucu.org.uk\/t\/277394\/108364336\/17298\/5\/?c73c8e04=Y29udGFjdHM%3d&amp;60bc612e=Ym91&amp;560a3889=VUNVIGJyYW5jaCBvZmZpY2VycycgdXBkYXRlOiAwNiBPY3RvYmVyIDIwMjM%3d&amp;x=e92e68ca. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.mercury.ucu.org.uk%2Ft%2F277394%2F108364336%2F17298%2F5%2F%3Fc73c8e04%3DY29udGFjdHM%253d%2660bc612e%3DYm91%26560a3889%3DVUNVIGJyYW5jaCBvZmZpY2VycycgdXBkYXRlOiAwNiBPY3RvYmVyIDIwMjM%253d%26x%3De92e68ca&amp;data=05%7C01%7CC.Hall-515%40kent.ac.uk%7Ca6c8035b2efd41394bbe08dbd616a45e%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638339164957265937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qiJa75gnmfkX3yccg3OgKRYiAdsE6tzY3FNfC99fMGw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"6\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;color: #e62f8e\">replacement ballot request form is now open and will close on\u00a0Sunday 29 October 2023<\/span><\/a>\u00a0)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">Why this matters:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">the only way we have of achieving a successful outcome to the current dispute over pay and conditions is through mandated negotiation, requiring a YES vote\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">our USS pensions restoration success became possible through mandated negotiation, not employer largesse!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"background: white\">50% turnout is required to validate result, regardless of vote preference\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">not voting is effectively an acceptance of defeat.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">We recognise some\u00a0<span style=\"background: white\">would prefer our branch to be more focused on local issues, having<\/span>\u00a0reservations on recent directions taken by the national leadership, particularly in the aftermath of MAB. But national\/ local should not be an either-or choice &#8211;<b>\u00a0a strong local engagement strengthens the national effort and vice-versa. Achieving our 50%+ turnout is a fundamental part of this.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\" style=\"background: white\"><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"color: black\">Lastly,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #121212;background: white\">let us know you voted via\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/yoursay.ucu.org.uk\/s3\/ucuRISING-ballotupdate. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoursay.ucu.org.uk%2Fs3%2FucuRISING-ballotupdate&amp;data=05%7C01%7CC.Hall-515%40kent.ac.uk%7Ca6c8035b2efd41394bbe08dbd616a45e%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638339164957265937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Xj9XTcsjfoO%2FAVDpFUKPCUPdaooNLK3prtlzGs%2B4Id0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"7\"><span style=\"color: #e653b0\">https:\/\/yoursay.ucu.org.uk\/s3\/ucuRISING-ballotupdate<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;color: #121212;background: white\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"contentpasted1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color: #212121\">&#8211; should stop you being texted and or called during the coming days of GTVO canvassing!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message to Kent UCU colleagues: We realise many of you may be feeling overwhelmed already with\u00a0national union activity\u00a0info, in addition to all our ongoing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2023\/10\/26\/get-your-votes-out\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53579,"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\/839"}],"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\/53579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}