2022/2023 Dispute relating to International Distributions Services (previously Royal Mail Group) for all CWU represented grades in Royal Mail Group (including Parcelforce and Fleet). Pay, unagreed change, job security, disciplining CWU Reps, activists and members. Breaking and terminating various collective agreements and protections
The current legislation requires the union to provide all persons entitled to vote in the ballot and the relevant employers “as soon as is reasonably practicable” after holding of the ballot the following information:
- The number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot.
- The number of votes cast in the ballot.
- The number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question, or as the case may be, to each question.
- The number of individuals answering “No” to the question, or as the case may be, to each question.
- The number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned.
- Whether or not the number of votes cast in the ballot is at least 50% of the number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot.
Therefore, the ballot result meets the required threshold.
Ballot Results
Our independent scrutineers’ (Civica Election Services) report, as required in accordance with section 231B of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, for the above ballot which closed at Noon on Thursday, 16 February 2023, is as follows:-
Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot – 111,670
Number of votes cast in the ballot – 86,349
Votes cast in the ballot as a % of individuals who were entitled to vote – 77.33%
Question: Are you prepared to take part in strike action?
Number of spoilt or otherwise invalid voting papers returned – 40
Result of Voting
Yes – 82,792 – 95.93%
No – 3,517 – 4.07%