All fair points, though I tend to agree with XFR8.
But I have never heard of a company such as this that makes US vote on a pay offer! WTF?!
Did they make the ground staff vote last year? I thought not...
I run a small business and when (rarely, I admit) give a pay increase, it just APPEARS in my peoples' pay.
If CX wishes to pay us more, just put it into our pay packets, and have the testicular fortitude to deal with the fall out later. To do this they are just giving themselves an out.
Don't fall for it. Take the money and go into CC if you want - maybe over 25 year housing?