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Our second attempt at getting a mandate for industrial action in West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is underway.
Tomorrow, Friday 16 December, we will send notice of intention to ballot to your employer, formally beginning the ballot process.
And next week, the first round of strike action will take place in a number of NHS employers around the country.
- This week – we hand in ballot notices to your employer
- Next week - First round of action in other employers takes place
- Over Christmas – we prepare ballot lists ready for dispatch
- From 6 January – ballots are posted
In November we almost hit the majority turnout needed for industrial action in West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust – it was very close and we think postal delays contributed to missing the target. We think West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust stands a good chance of meeting the target if we go again – this time allowing longer for post to get through.
It's frustrating, I appreciate, to do this all over again. But the result was close enough that we think there is a real majority of support for industrial action among UNISON members in your employer and that, had there not been postal delays, that majority would have been reflected in the result. We want to give you every opportunity to meet the threshold and join the thousands of UNISON members in the NHS already planning strike action.
We really want this to work. We know you will be keen to get going but we want to avoid as many problems as possible. That means we will not send ballot papers until 6 January. We want to avoid adding to the significant strain faced by postal workers over Christmas, whilst also giving members a couple of final weeks to make sure their postal address and mobile phone number is up to date.
Whether or not you voted in the previous ballot over pay, you must return your vote this time.
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