So,
to get this in perspective of the 4.8% deal on the table, a crew member earning £55 a day, on strike for two weeks, negates the increase for the whole year.
Those advocating strike action must have either
a) someone else paying the bills
b) savings they can pizz away
c) not thought out how they are going to pay the bills or don't care they are going to be worse off in the long run.
Madness.
Strikertworedshoes,
You haven't got the backing for a strike.
Only 41% of the union crew voted no, then rest, some 59% either voted yes, or did not return their ballot papers. none of them will vote for a strike. as a group, some of the 41% won't want to take it the next level, they have bills to pay regardless.
You are only 30% of the total crew who voted no, some 1,000 odd only, if you go on strike with such a small portion of the crew, you aint gonna win.
Just remember that when redundancies do come they have 1,000 odd to choose first.
Forget union solidaritry, when you have a mortgage payment, that goes out the window. I expect the people who did not send back their ballot papers to vote no to a strike, why should they vote for a strike when they have showed they don't really care about the dispute one way or another?