ATCO Pay Ballot Result

As you will be aware the Prospect ATCO Branch, Prospect ATSS Branch and PCS have been balloting members on management’s pay offer.  These ballots closed on the 18 June and I am able to write to members providing details of the results. 

Both the ATCO and ATSS Branches of Prospect have voted to accept management’s pay offer as has PCS. 
The results for the ATCO Branch are as follows:-

1924 papers sent out

1365 papers returned

1364 papers considered for vote

724 YES

640 NO

1 SPOILT

71% papers returned

53% VOTING YES

47% VOTING NO

 
Firstly I would like to thank members who took the opportunity to cast their votes in what is a very respectable turnout in a ballot of this nature.  The closeness of the vote serves to reinforce and underpin our message to management “there are no grounds for complacency”.

The feed back from our membership has shown real anger at the decision of the Company to pay £43.5 million in dividends to shareholders and at how the Company is being run.  Against the backdrop of further announcements with regard to further cost reductions there is a real concern amongst our members about the future of NATS. 

Industrial relations can best be described as fragile and against the backdrop of the above results, management need to be reminded of and held to their responsibility in terms of their commitment to staff and ‘working together’.

Yours sincerely

GARRY GRAHAM
National Secretary