I just want to thank kasual observer for his/her comments. Whilst i know many others may not, I agree entirely. I am also a little tired of reading comments including those on the wdmm site that anyone who is not against this pay deal or has any other positive outlook must therefore be undercover virgin management stirring things up.
This isnt a brilliant deal but so much better than where we started from and after all will we ever get what we really want? I have heard some ridiculous suggestions such as 10% rise in basic ..... never gonna happen! We also have quite a low membership of our union, while i dont know the exact figures, but I believe that majority of membership is made up of css and fsm which may be why they get a little favoured in the pay deal, that and the fact there is much more responsibilty in the job role.