OK Back to thread. The minimum consultation period is over. The company are accepting expressions of interest for voluntary redundancy and part time working until this Friday (10 July). Shortly thereafter we should be given a view of the whole deal and then firm up our VR/PT applications and (I guess) the union members will get to vote on the deal at large.
I'm expecting nothing this coming week then it all to hit the fan very quickly next week.
I just hope that those above me have gone for enough part time to save my butt. And I hope that the part time I'm going for is enough to save the poor sods below me.
(note: the "above me" and "below me" presumes a compulsory redundancy matrix largely predicated on LIFO. We haven't seen anything on this officially yet so that really is a presumption. The company stated they wanted by seat and fleet, the union stated they wanted LIFO+ but were not specific about exactly what the + would include)
What fun