Mr Jones
The Union did a sterling job over the past 10-15 years getting wages up to a comparable level with European counterparts (and I might add, up to a proper 'going rate'). Unfortunately they seem to have lost their way of late.
Like you, I have a niggling worry in the back of my mind that over the next few years, we are going to fall well behind the market rate again, both in monetary terms and in Ts&Cs.
It is Managements function to maximise profits - the very fact that we have shown them that we do not have a stomach for a fight is more power to their elbow to shaft us
From the D&G forum
http://www.pprune.org/d-g-reporting-...tc-strike.html
At least some people still have balls