It's YES - and we are not alone!

UNISON members have now voted to take strike action, beginning on 30 November, to protect our pensions from the attacks of the Coalition Government. Our ballot involved 1.1 Million members, a strong force in our own right. The overall YES vote is 78%!

However, we stand alongside more than twenty other trade unions

General unions

The GMB are balloting members in health and local government – their ballot closes on 16 November.

UNITE the Union are also balloting their public service members – their ballot closes on 17 November.

Civil Service unions

Civil Service trade union, PCS, having already balloted their members, are proposing to call strike action on 30 November.

The smaller civil service union Prospect are balloting now with a closing date of 14 November.

The senior civil service union, the First Division Association (FDA) are also balloting for action on 30 November.

The Northern Irish trade union NIPSA are also balloting for action on 30 November.

Teaching and education unions

Two teaching trade unions, the NUT and the ATL also took action on 30 June and do not need to ballot for the 30 November.

A third teaching union, the NASUWT are balloting now. Their ballot closes on 17 November.

The National Association of Head Teachers are staging their first ever industrial action ballot, which closes on 9 November.

The University and Colleges Union (UCU) have already balloted their members and are continuing to prepare for action on 30 November.

The ballot result from the Scottish teachers’ union – the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is due on 3 November.

Welsh teacher’s union (UCAC) took strike action last month and are very much part of this campaign, as are the Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) who are also balloting now.

Health service unions

In the health service, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) are balloting their members to strike on 30 November – their ballot closes on 14 November, as does the ballot for the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SCP).

Crime and justice unions

The National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) are balloting for action on 30 November with a closing date of 17 November.

The Prison Officers Association (POA) are prohibited by law from taking strike action but fully support our campaign – and have been known to ignore that law in the past.

Local Government unions

Constructions union, UCATT, are balloting their public sector members for action on 30 November.

Amongst smaller unions balloting for action on 30 November are ASPECT (a union for managers in Children’s Services) and the AEP (the Association of Educational Psychologists).

Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) who work in the public sector and have joint membership arrangements with either UNISON or UNITE will be taking action on 30 November.