Rates of Pay and Conditions of Service 2023 - Bidvest Noonan (Alstom Northern Trains Ltd and Transpennine Express Contracts)

Our Ref: BR1/0001/BN(A)

1st February 2024

 

Dear Colleagues 

 

Rates of Pay and Conditions of Service 2023 - Bidvest Noonan (Alstom Northern Trains Ltd and Transpennine Express Contracts)

 

I write to advise you that the ballot has now closed and the result is as follows:

                                                          

Question: Are you prepared to take strike action?

 

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:      20                          

Number of votes cast in the ballot:                                         11                

Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question:               11                          

Number of individuals answering “No” to the question:                0                  

Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned:     0                            

 

Question: Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?

 

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:      20                          

Number of votes cast in the ballot:                                         11                

Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question:               10                

Number of individuals answering “No” to the question:                0                  

Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned:     1                                                         

I would like to congratulate all members on voting positively for industrial action. The above result exceeds the statutory thresholds. 

 

The union's National Executive Committee has congratulated members on this result and I will write to you again shortly. 

 

Yours sincerely

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Michael Lynch

General Secretary