Higher education pay ballot result

University workers in UNISON have voted for strike action to win higher pay, but did not pass the threshold on turn-out required by trade union laws.
Around 66% of members in England, Wales and Scotland who took part in the industrial action ballot voted for action, but the turn-out did not meet the 50% of all eligible voters required by the 2017 Trade Union Act before legal action can take place.
UNISON head of higher education Ruth Levin commented: “Yet again, the anti-trade union l