Two years on and the fight continues. Employers have not waited until the end of the pandemic to continue making things worse for staff. This has been an incredibly difficult period, but employers have picked this moment to attack staff pensions and impose another real-terms pay cut, while failing to make progress on casualisation, workload, or pay inequality – even though the sector’s income continues to increase.

• Vote YES to strike action and YES to action short of a strike
• Talk to at least 10 colleagues and remind them to vote (and get those 10 colleagues to pledge to do the same)
• Contact your branch and offer to become a departmental rep or help in some other way to get the vote out across your university
• Make your participation in the dispute(s) visible 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. Employers will do their best to paint you as unreasonable, when they are the ones who are choosing to invest less in their staff and can afford to make an offer that would avoid industrial action.

The ballots close on Thursday 4 November at noon, so please post your papers as soon as possible.