Regarding salary, I have nothing to hide with my views. It's my opinion that I (can only spk for myself I suppose) would be happy to be part of some negotiation that offered me some sort of future finacial security in exchange for a salary reduction. Whilst it's all a bit of risk, with no real guarantee for a future job, then I'm standing firm.
What "guarantee" do you want? What "guarantee" does any other job give?
All you can do is acknowledge the company have to be in a decent position to be able to keep you employed and achieve the best for yourself by compromised negotiation. Something patently lacking from the BASSA side of the fence since this all began.