I'm also quite reliably told by the gentleman involved ,that as the dispute was escalating the Industrial Relations Judge presiding over this case asked the AIPA Industrial Officer at the time to try and pass on a message to the AFAP in order to try and defuse what was by then being seen as a potential catastrophe.
The message was ,apply for a 15% pay rise and the Industrial Court would be favourably predisposed towards such a request.
The AFAP said bugger off, it's 30% or nothing, and ladies and gentlemen the rest is history.
