Those of you that state you would accept no pay rise - have you seen the value of the pound recently? My pay has gone down around 33% over the last few months in global terms. As participants in the global economy where most of the food and energy that we HAVE to purchase is not priced in pounds, then we have all suffered a significant pay decrease in real terms. We MUST stand up to maintain our conditions. Government and management hope that we are too stupid to realise this. Don't prove them right.
I'm guessing you weren't offering to give some of it back when the pound peaked at over $2?
The relative cost of imported energy (for example) is factored in to the charges imposed by domestic suppliers to us as customers. Their price rises are justified against the same set of measurements as your pay is: UK cost of living. You can't move the goalposts for measurement just to suit each argument... That would make you... well... a bank.
I wont accept a pay freeze due to the fact our company continues to make a healthy profit and inflation continues to be a positive figure.