Unison votes Yes to strike action on November 30th

03 November Unison members have delivered a decisive answer to ConDem attacks on their pensions with an over whelming vote for strike action on November 30th.

The final result was 245,358 in favour of action with 70,253 against.

The National Shop Stewards Network would like to congratulate Unison members and activists for all their hard work in obtaining this tremendous vote.

Full breakdown of results taken from Unison website:

Overall: Yes: 245,358

No: 70,253



Results

Local Government (Including Scotland)

Yes 171,428

No 54,500

76% in favour – Turnout 30%

NHS (including Scotland) 

Yes 73,930 No 15,753

82% in favour – Turnout 25%

 

Separate figures for Scotland

Local Government Scotland 

Yes 21,799 No 7881



NHS Scotland 

Yes 13,236

No 1,880