Liam,
For the first time in a decade...the company is being rapidly boxed into a corner. All we have to do is....nothing! If they want the issues they put forward in the proposal, then they will eventually need our agreement. Sit tight until the pressure becomes unbearable. If you feel there is NOTHING that we can do (or not do as is the case), then I suggest that you, and others like you pack your bags and leave. That will accomplish two things: one, your negativity is taken out of the work place, and two, your leaving helps up the pressure on the company. Go on, be a good boy then and run along.....