CBI comments on planned Unison strike

4 Nov 2011 09:49 AM

The CBI commented on the announcement by the public sector trade union Unison that it plans to take industrial action over pensions.

Neil Carberry, CBI Director for Employment, said:

"For all of Unison's rhetoric about this being the biggest ballot in their history, less than a third of their members bothered to vote.

"It is disappointing that the public and businesses are now faced with the unnecessary disruption of a strike which is going ahead when just 22% of the balloted workforce supported it."

Note to Editors:

Of Unison's total 1,088,314 members, only 315,611 voted (29%). Of those that voted, 245,358 voted in favour (22.5%) of action.

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