This seems to have run it’s course, although sadly I’m not surprised with the direction it took.
there is no silver bullet in all of this. No agreement, EA, or argument of what’s right will save anyone. When the time comes,you’ll either be in the right place or you won’t. The company will do what it wants, as it always does, and it will be allowed to. It’s about survival. No EA could have ever envisaged this situation. Clauses about bypass, strict seniority, SH v LH will not matter. Look at the rhetoric from the government. ‘EA flexibility’.
best of luck to everyone. Out.