UCL-UCU: Reballot on USS - look out for your ballot paper

Your Executive Committee is calling on members to vote YES to strike action and YES to action short of a strike. Please return your completed ballot paper in the envelope provided as soon as possible.

If you receive a ballot paper, you are entitled to vote.

Please vote even if you are about to retire or are not currently a member of USS (you have a right to join USS).

Click here to read more about our action for USS.

Here are some actions you can take:

• talk to at least 10 colleagues and remind them to vote
• contact your branch office and offer to help us get the vote out
• show your support by changing your profile pictures on social media and using our other campaign resources
• talk to non-union colleagues and students about why you are taking action.

The ballots close on Friday 14 January 2022 at 12 noon. Please post your vote as soon as possible to avoid any potential problems with the Christmas post. The last ‘safe date’ to post your ballot paper will be Tuesday 12 January 2022.

In our first ballot, which took place over three weeks in October-November, 1,082 members (78%) voted YES for strike action and 1,250 (90%) voted YES for action short of a strike. However, we missed the 50% turnout threshold by 17 votes (49.4%) - unlike the Four Fights where we beat the threshold narrowly.

If you are not sure whether to vote YES or NO you can return a blank or spoiled ballot paper - this will count to the turnout total and avoid disenfranchising those who do vote.

On Tuesday we will send you a short survey (via Survey Monkey). Please take a moment to respond when you have voted, and we will stop sending reminders!

The replacement ballot paper order form will be available from Monday 13 December, and can be seen here.

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