nononsense frank
A strike should always be taken as a last resort. Many of us felt that we were not getting anywhere with our management. Proposal after proposal was put forward to our management who declined every single one of them. Management in return presented proposals which included sanctions not considered to be fair. I don't believe that I took the wrong decision for going on strike. I chose to back my union who is responsible for our terms and conditions. If everyone who voted for industrial action had supported their vote as well VCC not interfearing in our dispute we never would have been here today. They are responsible for us being here today with a dispute still to be solved. Not us.
Personally I don't think that those who signed the individual offer this summer should be entitled to take advantage of our future proposal. They are clearly not willing to fight for our terms and conditions but instead relying on some of us fighting on their behalf.