Anotherthing,
Well for the moment the pay talks cover NSL and NERL under one umbrella.
Perhaps giving NSL staff a separate say in their own pay and conditions,might not be such a bad thing since we have been railroaded by the centres in the past,to fund their own big increases.
It's NERL who are looking for the big cost savings.This has already been done to a large extent in NSL,as it is a much leaner operation.
Yet we hear that the BAA owe NSL £3 million,but NSL aren't persuing them,because it may affect any future contract negotiations.
The union's statement about payfreeze =industrial action ballot is about as threatening as the pension stance.Management can say what they like now,including a pay cut for the ''over paid Atcos'',(Mr B's words).The union have got little choice but to just accept it.They have no power,or say anymore.