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This service group welcomes the resounding "yes" vote in the industrial action ballot on public sector pensions. We note the turnout in this ballot.
We note that no offer has been made in scheme specific negotiations and that the statement in Parliament on 2 November was no more than a statement of principle not an offer. We remain committed to a negotiated settlement and will work closely with other public sector trade unions and the TUC both in negotiations and in our plans for strike action on 30 November.
This service group agrees that our plans for strike action on 30 November should continue and we instruct the National Secretary to seek authority for strike action on this date. Any further action after 30 November will be considered by the Service Groups.
Once an offer in sector negotiations is received this service group will reconvene to agree a process for consulting members.
Following the decisive yes vote, UNISON's lay activists have given the green light to strike action on 30 November, to protect their pensions.
The union welcomed the theoretical improvements to the pension schemes made by Danny Alexander yesterday, saying that the pressure from UNISON and others had resulted in the Government moving significantly from their original position.
Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, the UK's largest union, said:
"Today's Yes vote signals the green light for the first day of strike action, and we will be joining with other unions in the TUC co-ordinated day of action on November 30th.
"While there was significant movement from the Government yesterday, at this stage we only have a theoretical pension scheme, that has yet to be translated into scheme offers. We have no offer in either the local government or the health pension schemes that we can put to our members.
"What we do have is a overwhelming yes vote in a legal ballot. And our democratic committees have taken the decision to authorise action with the TUC in line with the wishes of our members.
"So it is now up to government ministers and employers' to get down to work and come up with firm offers that we can put to our members."
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