I am amused by White Harts "line in the sand". I would have thought that it would have been blown away by all the bluff and bluster of the unions and by all the hot air here on Pprune. If you are all going on strike for an extra 2-3% then you have my respect although I shall eat my hat together with an extra dollop of humble pie for dessert if you do. In my opinion if you did not strike against privatisation in principle and stealing your pension worth potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds to each individual then striking in the depth of a recession/depression is a non-starter and the management know that. I am sure that your previous record with regard to strike or work to rule action or more accurately non-action speaks volumes.