Sas,
I agree but this has come at a bad time. Rightly or wrongly a lot of guys see CLA as part of their income. With all the other stuff going on plus the delay in the pay review accompanied by the rather weak "We are doing a survey and waiting for the results" excuse this was not the best time to start playing with people's money.
The timing of the survey got a lot of people asking why they waited until now rather than get it completed in time for the review. Now this CLA thing has thrown another negative thought into the minds of a lot of already negative thinking people.
The announcement was accompanied by an inadequate explanation which doesn't help. Why announce it then wait for everone to draw their own conclusions in the bar ? What is wrong with a document announcing and setting out exactly how it will be done ? It is poor communications that has set everyone's minds (and tongues) racing.
NEO