I love the diplomacy of the union using the word "modest" to describe a 1.25% pay rise offer! Anything less than 3% could be described as insulting, pathetic or just plain cr@p! and any offer less than 3% should not be recommended by the union to it's members, if they want to try and get some respect back after the pension recommendation that should have had a pay rise of at least 4.8% attached to it, if they had negotiated harder. I can't believe we let NATS get the new pension for FREE!
If only the first vote had been no who knows what we could of negotiated, NEVER accept the first offer! There's always more available. Let's not make the same mistake again over pay. Also it won't be long until pensions are needing to be revisited either.
Personally I believe a "modest" offer would be between 3% and 4.5% and a suitable offer would be more than 4.5%, and if they want to attach some strings then it's at least 4.8%.
Let's see what next Monday brings