Royal Society of Arts staff vote to unionise by overwhelming majority

Six to one ratio for recognising IWGB defies RSA management's pernicious' attempt to vilify union

Staff at the Royal Society of the Arts have overwhelmingly voted for union representation in a bitter blow to the senior management team, who vigorously opposed a six-month-long grassroots campaign.

Almost 86% of the votes cast in a ballot of RSA staff organised by the Central Arbitration Committee, a government tribunal, which handles union recognition disputes, were in favour of the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) negotiating over pay, holidays and hours.