NEC hears that building for the NHS strike ballots is the ‘ priority ’

UNISON’s national executive council (NEC) met today and agreed that the forthcoming NHS industrial action ballots will be its priority after hearing details plans of the work being undertaken now to build turnout. General secretary Christina McAnea updated the meeting on bargaining, negotiations, disputes and industrial action that the union is currently engaged in, across sectors. On health, she noted that a ballot opened in Scotland on 3 October, with phone-banking set to start this week. The ballot for England, Wales and Northern. Ireland opens on 27 October. “These combined ballots will mean we could be balloting over 400,000 members by the end of the year. The key priority is to turn out the vote to get over 50%. This is a huge logistical challenge and requires focussing our resources on the ballots,” observed Ms McAnea. Earlier, she had said that, while the union will be celebrating Black History Month throughout October, “we don’t just do this for one month of the year, but make sure that this is a part of our work all year”. More widely, the general secretary said that she couldn’t remember a time when a “new prime minister and a new chancellor have been such a unifying force!” They had no mandate, she said. “But the mask has now completely gone. They’re not even pretending to be ‘one-nation’ Conservatives any more.” Ms McAnea said that the government’s aim was to: “Take from the poorest to give the richest”, which “gives us a lot o...
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