Originally Posted by
Cpt. Underpants
Wait for the "personal appeal" letter in your CMB soon. The jellyfish will try to reason with you on a "personal" basis, invoking (possibly) your family, kids, vague undertakings regarding home port bases, suggesting fleet transfers, or whatever it takes to sucker you into an acceptance of "the offer".
Don't fall for it. They are as dishonest as the day is long. It's a trap. They're screwed without cc and tb gone. Stay the course.
Well said.
CC and TB is the only leverage we have and it is in place and working and free of GC interference. It is the "backstop" that will force the compnays hand. If they offer a deal which we can accept ( 3% minimum ) then the "backstop" stays in place until goodwill is shown by the company and it can then be revoked by a vote.
Our Dragonair buddies were suckered into a 0% increase and the pressure will be on CX to achieve the same but as we are repeatedly told in any negotiations our sister compnays pay grades aren't relevant to CX scales so their 0% increase is irrelevant too.
If it comes to a vote VOTE NO. The worst they can do is impose a 3% pay rise.