Roidster
We should definitely
not go for a one year deal.
It should be 2 years, a good rise this year based on AUG08 RPI and the strong profits we, the workers, generated for NATS. Next year a few percent to keep the wolves from the door - say an agreement of a flat 2.5% or RPI+1.5%, whichever is the greater amount (thus a minimum of a 2.5% payrise, when it is expected to be a negative RPI years - see the post from Vote NO above).
If we negotiate one year at a time we will get nothing next year whatsoever.
Unfortunately because of the excellent pension negotiations, that will mean that just one year into the new pension agreement, we are already losing out on pensionable pay... cannot be avoided in low RPI years because of what we voted to accept
