DE-RECOGNITION – UNIPART RAIL (CREWE)

Our Ref: ORG/REC/UNIPART

 

29^th August 2024

 

BALLOT PAPERS HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED

 

Dear RMT Member,

 

DE-RECOGNITION – UNIPART RAIL (CREWE)

 

Further to my previous correspondence regarding your employer’s attempt to derecognise this union, the ballotpapers will be dispatched by the independent scrutineer today, Thursday 29^th August 2024, and will be arriving at your home address shortly. I

 

 urge you not to waste your vote and to vote 'YES' for strike action and 'YES' for industrial action short of a strike, when your ballot arrives, and to return it as quickly as possible.

 

The ballot closes after First Post on Thursday 19^th September 2024.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE ON BALLOT THRESHOLDS

 

Since the Trade Union Act 2016, where the government made the anti-trade union laws even more restrictive, all ballots have to reach two important thresholds in order for them to be valid. 

• At least 50% of all eligible members must vote 
• At least 40% of all those eligible to vote must vote Yes.  

 

As a result of these draconian restrictions every single vote counts. A simple majority is no longer enough so you cannot rely on other colleagues to get the vote over the line. Therefore, I urge you to complete and return your voting paper as soon as you receive it.

 

If you have not received your voting paper by Thursday 5^th September, please email info@rmt.org.uk or call the freephone helpline on 0800 376 3706 to request a replacement. The ballot closes after First Post on Thursday 19^thSeptember 2024.

 

 

VOTE ‘YES’ FOR STRIKE ACTION

 

VOTE ‘YES’ FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION SHORT OF STRIKE 

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary