Isn't this a case of the NHS get x% one week, police get y% the week after then the firemen get z% the week after that. Of course, the firemen will find umbrance at what the NHS and police got and demand at least as much, if not more. We will then all be employed on an Operation Fiasco again:
Operation Fresco
It was a similar situation with the Hoyer tanker drivers last summer. This was at the height of the inflation and there was a certain hyseria which culminated in everyone trying to get a better pay rise than was announced for the last group.
BBC NEWS | Business | Tanker driver strike to go ahead
That's how we got in to the ridiculous situation of a HGV licence (one week course) being more valuable than a 3 year degree and 4 years flying training... I think, in the big scheme, this is good planning. Still annoying it's left to the last week, though.