The fact is that the result is a 'NO'.
Regardless of what I voted in this ballot, I now have a choice of 2 options...
1) Vote 'NO' to strike action, and recieve either the original 2% rise, or even less, or even nothing at all.
2) Vote 'YES' to strike action and possibly get a larger than 4.8% rise.
Its a no brainer. Regardless of my votes in previous ballots, its obvious that its now imperative to vote YES to strike action, or loose it all.
The FSM/CSS who is unsure of their identity, and people who brand nearly 3000 union members fools are making rather bold statements given that a clear majority voted no. Resorting to name calling and useless comments like that is rather juvenile, not something we should be resorting to, and smacks of desperation and a lack of clarity or ability to form an argument.