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Around 80% - what a stunning YES vote

So let's translate that into a stunning hush that descends on all our empty workplaces on the 28 March - because none of us will be there

Yes, there are vulnerable people that we care for. And yes, we will have some exemptions agreed with our employers so these people aren't at risk. But that still leaves the vast majority of us with serious industrial action to take on.

As soon as the ballot news arrived at the Branch Office your dedicated Branch Office Staff knew what needed to be done. Materials have been ordered. Picket placards and poles brought out of storage. Our Retired members have already pledged to come in and help with taking phone-calls and getting out the mass mail-outs we need so we can reach you.

Your Branch Reps and Officers have already had their first planning meeting.

We know that not everyone has a computer. We know that office computers musn't be used to pass round strike information.

So one of the first things we are doing is to post to every member's home a special Pensions Industrial Action Pack with:

• Questions and Answers
• Contact numbers
• Do's and Don'ts for the actual day
• Postcards and other materials you can help campaign with.

But what can you do to help? Can you:

• be a telephone contact point to help pass messages to people without a PC?
• help with picketing on the day?
• combine with others to get signatures on a high street petition?
• come to a mass rally in Exeter, or help organise one elsewhere, so that UNISON and other TU members in many Branches can show their solidarity?

There's lots needs doing.

Your first step might be to talk about this with your friends at work. Decide what you'd like to do. Just giving each other moral support and encouragement to stop home from work on the 28 March is a big undertaking.

But if you feel up for more then let us know what you or your workplace would want to contribute.

Remember. We've had the massive YES vote. Your employers will get official notification. This is industrial action within the law. Now is our chance to show how determined we are to achieve justice and defend our pensions.