Industrial Action Ballot
Industrial Action Ballot
07/11/2011
The NIPSA ballot on industrial action closed on Monday, 7 November 2011.
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Dear Colleague
The NIPSA ballot on industrial action closed on Monday 7th November 2011. The result of the ballot was as follows:-
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In Favour of Strike Action
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12,366
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(66.87%)
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Against Strike Action
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6,126
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(33.13%)
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In Favour of Action Short of Strike Action
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14,985
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(81.66%)
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Against Action Short of Strike Action
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3,365
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(18.34%)
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The turn out was
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42.98%
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The union’s General Council, at a special meeting in the afternoon of 7th November 2011 considered the outcome of the ballot and decided to authorise a one day strike of all NIPSA members in the employment areas in which members were balloted. NIPSA will now be making preparations for 30th November 2011.
The General Council also gave consideration to the government’s latest proposals on public service pensions and concluded that while the offer was a very small step in the right direction it was abysmally deficient as a means of resolving the dispute about pensions. In particular the General Council noted:-
- There was no withdrawal or alternative to the plans to significantly increase employee contributions at a time when salaries were effectively frozen.
- The government would not restore the inflation mechanism for uprating public service pensions in payment from the Consumer Price Index to the Retail Price Index.
- The government still expect public servants to work until 66 (with effect from 2020) before they receive their public service pension.
NIPSA will be co-operating with the other public sector trade unions to ensure that the strike on 30th November is a success.
The General Council has asked me to thank all those who worked to achieve a “Yes” vote. The turn out which is significantly in excess of those from many other unions can be accounted for primarily by the excellent work of NIPSA representatives in the workplace.
While negotiations are ongoing on a pension scheme specific basis I would remind branches that the NIPSA ballot covered not only pensions but pay and job cuts as well. Any relevant developments arising from the negotiations in the sector specific pension negotiations will be brought to the attention of members.
Detailed work has now commenced in NIPSA HQ on the logistics of the 30th November strike action and further bulletins will be issued to branches in the coming weeks.
Yours sincerely
BRIAN CAMPFIELD
General Secretary
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