winners
Well there are none in this. (Forgetting those in the union who may have political agendas.)
WW will not back down IMO.
Neither will Unite.
It's up to the CC who are not disposed to strike to
either try to persuade the less militant union reps to persuade the unite leaders to get the best deal possible (it won't be as good as previous offers)
or
sit it out hoping that more CC cave in.
Either way, it's going to be a pretty uncomfortable time after the end of IA when ex striking CC have to work with those who did not strike.
The strikers might be seen as second class citizens because they dont have ST.
Is it really possible for the 2 groups to mix?
Seems to me that the ex strikers either need the same Ts and Cs, or they can't work in the same airline (notwithstanding the New Fleet which you might consider as a similar situation, but is not because the new CC signed up to different Ts and Cs)
However you look at it, the strikers are very poorly placed.
The only moral of this is that and CC who have not shown their hand yet by not turning up for work whould think long and hard before they join the strike.
If WW could find it in his being to negotiate a deal which gave back the ST to strikers, that would clearly be the best outcome for the airline unless he is hell bent on getting rid of the strikers