Like I said earlier, Industrial Action in the UK is not protected under the Labour Relations Act, and the UK opted out of the EU labour laws. A good example is the working week where we do not have the same restrictions as they do on the continent. WW clearly stated that if you guys took industrial action he would remove discretionairy benefits as they are not protected, don't you think that if they were BASSA would have gotten a High Court injunction preventing the removal by now? You can be in front of the Court in a matter of days.
The removal of discretionairy benefits happens in all industries, removal of company cars and various perks such as gym benefits have been removed all over during this recession in order to cut cost. Even the PM removed first class travel for all his Ministers as a discretionairy perk.