Well to be honest, its too late now. The ballot papers will be out soon no doubt and we will have no choice but to vote for a strike (hopefully with a far greater landslide than before). Don't be afraid to do this people, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Once the dates for a strike have been given, the company will no doubt trot out some kind of "we don't negotiate with terrorists" line and start playing with the media. We shall counter attack with the plethora of ammunition in our arsenal... The company will then capitulate at the 11th hour (it probably never planned to allow a strike to happen in the first place).
Then where will that leave us, yes we will have got what we wanted but can you imagine the atmosphere after that? Oh what a wonderful place it will be to work then!
Irreversible damage has already been done regardless of the final settlement and as has been said before... what a bloody shame...