As far as I can see their two biggest gripes are the imposed 2.4% pay increase that the rest of the groups employees have accepted in these trying times and also the further taxation of sector pay which I understand from the previous posts is due to the inland revenue.
You said it
VOL7:
imposed 2.4% +
further taxation of sector pay. We want
NEITHER.
Surely strike action can only harm the group as a whole and cause an enormous amount of cost which seems to me would only further harm any pay talks in the future.
Surely that's the decision for management. They have the facts.