However, the union still has a mandate from members at the Opera House to call strikes if no agreement is reached. The two sides have agreed to meet at ACAS on 25 April.
Strike action needs to commence within four weeks of the date of the ballot result.
We hope that the new director Tony Hall will bring home to the management a sober recognition that, as a publicly funded body, the Opera House cannot afford to wage war on its workers' trade union. The employers subsequently agreed to arbitration but then repudiated the agreement reached at ACAS and insisted on continuing the disciplinary action. The present strike vote was in response to this. All rights reserved.