ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL SINGLE STATUS

PRESS RELEASE 19TH JANUARY 2007

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Date: 19 January 2007

Aberdeenshire Council Single Status

UNISON members employed by Aberdeenshire Council have voted in favour of acceptance of the Council's Single Status proposals.

1967 ballot papers were issued of which 937 were returned (48%)

Of those 532 were for acceptance (57%) with 397 against (42%), there were 8 spoilt papers (1%). Majority to accept 135 (15%)

Commenting on the result, Bob Revie, UNISON Branch Secretary said,

"Our members have expressed a clear position on the proposals and we are encouraged at the high response level (48%) showing how important this issue is to members. We had presented the proposal to our members as the best that could be obtained by negotiation. While a clear majority are in favour a significant proportion of our members were unhappy with the proposals and remain to be convinced."

Bob went on "UNISON will take this result and enter into discussions with Aberdeenshire Council to reach agreement on Single Status implementation."

Bob added "The other Trade Unions involved (GMB and T&G) have also been balloting their membership within the Council, and the unions will need to reflect jointly on all the results. The Joint Unions are meeting on 23 January and later that day will meet with Council representatives."

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