TU
Would depend on how much notice they got I guess. If the Company gives you the required notice, you will not have a choice.
DS
Contrary to what we think is a contractual increment, the 3% step is not automatic. It should be, and has been other than this year and 2008 but it's awarded 'discretionally'. That one word changes a contractual right into an expected one.
Sadly, that's a big difference!
Harry