I may not be in the circles or corridoors for this behaviour. Yes, I will agree that there is always a desire to look at cost reduction in all aspects of the business and yes, there is always likely to be challenge on our industrial agreements. I'm positive that if I were working under the same agreements my union had back in the 70s, I would be personally wealthier. However, I accept that the business has had to refine itself over the time and as someone joining at a later point in time, my hourly take-home is likely to be relatively lower once you allow for RPI etc... We are in a fiercely competitve industry... I knew I should have studied or I.T !!
Rgds