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2010 Shift Ballot Results
When the ballot closed at 8am on 17th December there were 1028 votes cast which gave us a clear mandate and represented 68.5% of our members.
76.4% of those who voted were constables and 17.6% were sergeants. Officers with less than 10 years service accounted for 55.6% of the vote and officers with over 15 years accounted for 32.4%. And of the 1028 votes cast 74.4% were by those working 24/7.
Of the 68.5% of our members who voted some 88.3% wanted the Joint Branch Board to agree a Variable Shift Pattern on behalf of the membership.
For all those balloted Option A was the favoured shift pattern based on our criteria of straight majority. Option A secured 50.09% of votes, Option B 36.96% and some left it blank.
For custody 75% were in favour of Option A. For FSU / Dogs 56.33% were in favour of Option A.
Anyone requiring a more detailed breakdown is asked to make contact direct with Nigel Day the JBB secretary who led on shifts and is also leading on flexible working coming out of the changes.
