Emma, are you serious in your posts?
The only excuse for breaking a picket line is if you are not a member of the union.
Any other picket line breaker should be known as "scab" in place of their first name for the rest of their days.
The point made in reply to your post about enjoying benefits and resolved terms of employment whilst not having the balls to stand up for it is very true.
scabs should be made to negotiate their own terms and conditions. See how far you get in an army of one.
Its not as if we would be on strike for a month or more. I can't imagine any strike would be longer than 24 hours action at a time. not exactly breaking the bank for us is it, when you consider how much impact it would have and how important the pension is. It is the most important part of our contract in my opinion. If we don't stand up to protect it we might aswell kill ourselves now to save a slow and painful death from getting rogered in the future.
on a separate note i heard a rumour that the red barron was bought a db9 from the company recently? is this true? that fits well with vision 2011 and is a waste of money that could be put into pension fund.