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Meanwhile, around 100 security officers and terminal technicians at Birmingham Airport, along with aircraft refuellers employed by Menzies, are balloting for strike action.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

The latest warning comes as nursing staff are balloting for strike action, after criticising a pay offer of a flat rate of £2,205 per person, backdated to April.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2022

“I think there are going to be many unions that are balloting across the country because people can’t take it anymore,” he told Sky News.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2022

Meanwhile, criminal barristers are balloting over a form of industrial action as part of a continuing row with the government over funding.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2022

The fallout from the Jimmy Savile affair continues; journalists are balloting for further strikes; byzantine management structures are blamed for ham-fisted reactions to errors; doubts persist about its chairman, Chris Patten; morale is low.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2013