Quadrant Pay 2013 Ballot Result

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LTB 196/13 Quadrant Pay 2013 Ballot Result
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No. 196/13


Ref: 301.02


Date: 26th March 2013

To All Postal Branches With Quadrant Members

Quadrant Area Representatives

Dear Colleague

Quadrant Pay 2013 Ballot Result

Reproduced below for the information of Branches is the result of the above ballot which has been received from Tony Kearns, Senior Deputy General Secretary:

Ballot Papers Issued 468

Votes for Acceptance 246

Votes Against 1

Spoils 0

Therefore the ballot has resulted in a return of approximately 53% with 99% voting in favour of the agreement.

Branches are requested to ensure that members are made aware of the result of this ballot.

Any enquiries should be addressed to Terry Pullinger, Assistant Secretary, email dwyatt@cwu.org or lwright@cwu.org quoting reference 301.02.

Yours sincerely

Terry Pullinger

Assistant Secretary

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Ballot Papers Issued 468

Votes for Acceptance 246

Votes Against 1

Spoils 0

That's iffy.

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Over 50% acceptance Fish

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Over 50% acceptance Fish

It's not really the level of acceptance that worries me.
It's the rather implausible idea that almost half couldn't even be arsed returning it but out of the 247 who could be arsed...246 voted yes.
A statistician would tell you...that's iffy.

A low return rate points to an acceptance but it also points to a less than enthusiastic response which would lead you to expect at least a 10-15% rejection rate but 1?.
One member out of 468 didn't like it enough to vote no?
Even the law of averages would throw up a couple of members who accidentally ticked the wrong box...and 0 spoils?
Unless there were other factors involved.