I’ve just been told, no doubt erroneously, that the same Council is in place today that led the strike. That can’t be true, surely? With such a crushing defeat, save the fluffy marriage counselling, the honourable thing to do would be to step down immediately. Management will never respect this team again, and having been through a crushing strike in my own company, I doubt the reps themselves can look each other in the eye. If this is the same team, expect bitter recriminations and internal fights for years to come. Dead men walking.
New faces needed, surely everyone can agree on that? At the very least with the chair so compromised due to his past misdemeanours, he has to step aside, the employer will always be able to blackmail him with that alone.
(apologies if there is a new Council in place and I’ve been given duff info)