I am not "pro" the firefighters, and I don't like Mr Gilchrist. But what exactly are the details of the package they have been offered? Everyone seems to concentrate on the 16%. Is that a 16% increase in their hourly/daily pay, or annual. If it a 16% annual rise, but as a result of modernisation they work 20% more, on more efficient shift patterns (and let me make it plain that I think they get too much time off at the moment!!), then they are actually faced with effectively a PAY CUT.
I am sure this is not actually the case, but can anybody provide the facts for a bear with a very small brain please?
Edited because I have just seen I have reached a milestone in terms of number of posts - my favourite number!!! (It was 69!)
Last edited by Biggus; 14th Mar 2003 at 18:05.