I reckon you guys are getting done here. Do a bit of research into the South Australian public hospital doctors dispute that's been on the go as long as your dispute. It's been tucked away in the back pages of the media for some reason or other but they have just won pay rises of between 80% and 100% and you wouldn't even know!
These guys weren't happy with salaries of $180K to $220k for dealing with deadbeats off the street in the public hospital system so they all put in post dated resignations to take effect from today.
Anyway, they're now on $320k to $440k, as happy as pigs in s*it 'cause the Labour guvmint capitulated, and nobody seems to know about it!
There must be a lesson there, surely?!
Still reckon you're worth only a 3% to 5% salary increase?