I believe we are all adult enough to sit down together and put down on paper a proposal for the union to work with. I dont recall any such mention of ANY striking. This is a LAST RESORT industrial relations tool and need not even be brought up at this stage.
We all have jobs, we are all being paid as per the standing EBA, we are all receiving a yearly bonus, hence there is no reason whatsoever to jump straight into the deep end!
This is a process of negotiation. We dont need to fight with retaliation. It is not a winning situation. I for one would prefer for the company NOT to turn around and spite us with an AWA that we can't say no to.
Thanks for the comments Mr R. Guy (J.T) if you feel strongly and have the passion and IR knowledge to lead such negotiations in the "stand up to be counted" Im sure you would have support. Lets see if anyone puts there money where their mouth is.
