A UK-wide re-ballot in the university disputes would de-mobilise tens of thousands of our members who could instead be building effective action on campus.
With admissions processes ongoing over the winter and exams at many universities in January, HE staff have significant disruptive power in the immediate future. We need to leverage that, for example through building up marking backlogs and then marking and assessment boycotts, coupled with targeted strike action.
Those who need to re-ballot and get strike mandates ready for next year can and should join us for a stronger wave of action from January. This set of re-ballots will be more likely to succeed if the 60-or-so branches that can take action start doing so now.
USS pension changes are due to come into effect at the start of April. University terms end for some of us by early December. Reballoting takes weeks, so next year is likely the earliest time any re-balloted branches would be able to join action. We need to get the fight against the USS proposals going now.
