The web-offset giant proposed the 13.5% paycut at the beginning of the year.
Of the group's 550 employees, across subsidiaries BGP and Stones, 463 voted in the secret ballot, which concluded Friday.
A total of 371 returned a yes vote, with 87 saying no to the cut and five ballot papers spoilt.
The result, which was collated by an independent third party, represents an 80% "yes" vote, with 67.5% of those balloted agreeing to the cuts.
Goodhead Group chief executive David Holland said: "It is decisive and that is what we wanted, the majority in favour, we didn't want it to be marginal.
"We thought this would be the case, but as it is a secret vote we had to wait for the results."
Employees will now be offered a new contract, which would come into force on 1 April 2012, and Holland added that anyone not accepting it would have their employment terminated.
Unite has claimed that the ballot was illegal as it was not carried out by a recognised independent union and has said that it will pursue the company through the court if it goes ahead with the cuts.
Holland responded: "The union is not in a very strong position to counter what we have done. We just want to implement this now and get on with our lives."
However, Unite national officer Steve Sibbald reiterated the union's intention to take legal action against Goodhead Group if it goes ahead with its plan.
"There is the possibility that we have a claim against changing contracts or even terminating contracts and we will challenge that," said Sibbald. "Additionally, some brave individuals may choose to challenge them as well. The company didn't want to speak to us, so I suppose we will do our talking in the courts."
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Employees at Goodhead Group have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 13.5% paycut in order to enable the company to continue as a self-supporting entity.
The web-offset giant proposed the 13.5% paycut at the beginning of the year.
Of the group's 550 employees, across subsidiaries BGP and Stones, 463 voted in the secret ballot, which concluded Friday.
A total of 371 returned a yes vote, with 87 saying no to the cut and five ballot papers spoilt.
The result represents an 80% "yes" vote, with 67.5% of those balloted agreeing to the cuts.
Goodhead Group chief executive David Holland said: "It is decisive and that is what we wanted, the majority in favour, we didn't want it to be marginal.
"We thought this would be the case, but as it is a secret vote we had to wait for the results."
Employees will now be offered a new contract, which would come into force on 1 April 2012, and Holland added that anyone not accepting it would have their employment terminated.
Unite claimed that the ballot was illegal as it was not carried out by a recognised independent union and has said that it will pursue the company through the court if it goes ahead with the cuts.
However, Holland said: "The union is not in a very strong position to counter what we have done. We just want to implement this now and get on with our lives."
The union was unavailable for comment at this time.
Employees at Goodhead Group have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 13.5% paycut in order to enable the company to continue as a self-supporting entity.
The web-offset giant proposed the 13.5% paycut at the beginning of the year.
Of the group's 550 employees, across subsidiaries BGP and Stones, 463 voted in the secret ballot, which concluded Friday.
A total of 371 returned a yes vote, with 87 saying no to the cut and five ballot papers spoilt.
The result represents an 80% "yes" vote, with 67.5% of those balloted agreeing to the cuts.
Goodhead Group chief executive David Holland said: "It is decisive and that is what we wanted, the majority in favour, we didn't want it to be marginal.
"We thought this would be the case, but as it is a secret vote we had to wait for the results."
Employees will now be offered a new contract, which would come into force on 1 April 2012, and Holland added that anyone not accepting it would have their employment terminated.
Unite claimed that the ballot was illegal as it was not carried out by a recognised independent union and has said that it will pursue the company through the court if it goes ahead with the cuts.
However, Holland said: "The union is not in a very strong position to counter what we have done. We just want to implement this now and get on with our lives."
The union was unavailable for comment at this time.
He added that the result of the ballot was "blindingly obvious" because "there was no independent advice given and employees had the additional threat that their livelihoods were in jeopardy if they voted against it".
"All the information employees had came from the company, the ballot was run by the company, the votes were counted by the company and employees knew the votes were counted by the company. Everything was arranged by the company," he claimed.
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"There is the possibility that we have a claim against changing contracts or even terminating contracts and we will challenge that. Additionally, some brave individuals may choose to challenge them as well. The company didn't want to speak to us, so I suppose we will do our talkin in the courts."
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Employees at Goodhead Group have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 13.5% paycut in order to enable the company to continue as a self-supporting entity.
The web-offset giant proposed the 13.5% paycut at the beginning of the year.
Of the group's 550 employees, across subsidiaries BGP and Stones, 463 voted in the secret ballot, which concluded Friday.
A total of 371 returned a yes vote, with 87 saying no to the cut and five ballot papers spoilt.
The result represents an 80% "yes" vote, with 67.5% of those balloted agreeing to the cuts.
Goodhead Group chief executive David Holland said: "It is decisive and that is what we wanted, the majority in favour, we didn't want it to be marginal.
"We thought this would be the case, but as it is a secret vote we had to wait for the results."
Employees will now be offered a new contract, which would come into force on 1 April 2012, and Holland added that anyone not accepting it would have their employment terminated.
Unite claimed that the ballot was illegal as it was not carried out by a recognised independent union and has said that it will pursue the company through the court if it goes ahead with the cuts.
However, Holland said: "The union is not in a very strong position to counter what we have done. We just want to implement this now and get on with our lives."
The union was unavailable for comment at this time.
Employees at Goodhead Group have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 13.5% paycut in order to enable the company to continue as a self-supporting entity.
The web-offset giant proposed the 13.5% paycut at the beginning of the year.
Of the group's 550 employees, across subsidiaries BGP and Stones, 463 voted in the secret ballot, which concluded Friday.
A total of 371 returned a yes vote, with 87 saying no to the cut and five ballot papers spoilt.
The result represents an 80% "yes" vote, with 67.5% of those balloted agreeing to the cuts.
Goodhead Group chief executive David Holland said: "It is decisive and that is what we wanted, the majority in favour, we didn't want it to be marginal.
"We thought this would be the case, but as it is a secret vote we had to wait for the results."
Employees will now be offered a new contract, which would come into force on 1 April 2012, and Holland added that anyone not accepting it would have their employment terminated.
Unite claimed that the ballot was illegal as it was not carried out by a recognised independent union and has said that it will pursue the company through the court if it goes ahead with the cuts.
However, Holland said: "The union is not in a very strong position to counter what we have done. We just want to implement this now and get on with our lives."
The union was unavailable for comment at this time.
