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Last month, members staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament after the union confirmed it was balloting all 300,000 UK members for the first time in its 106-year history.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

Both sides had been in deadlock after the union said it was balloting members for strike action over the pay offer.

From BBC • May 23, 2022

The GMB union said it was balloting with a clear recommendation to reject the offer and take industrial action.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2021

She thought that on this day, of all days, when the world was balloting for her husband at Westminster, they would both have been with him to discuss the work of the day. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony