Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
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writes

We are awaiting our pay rise from April 2006, there have been no
strike ballots yet so nothing is imminent, the sticking points
are the extra 30 mins friday and saturday night.

Pay rise? Safety I can understand, but pay rise? How much pay
and time do you think it's going to cost the general public? Was
that factored in to the strike discussion?

Maybe you should direct those comments at the Management who are
dealing with this too?

Staff have patiently waited for 9 months now for their 2006 pay deal
with no mention of a strike. How long do you consider they should
continue to wait?

Hang on, I think there's some spin here. On the one hand, there's talk
of staff patiently awaiting their pay rise from April 2006, as though
this was something that was agreed but the management haven't yet chosen
to pay it. On the other hand, there's talk of "sticking points"
concerning hours worked.

It sounds to me as if the pay offer was conditional on some other
changes which the unions haven't yet agreed, which is why the offer (not
"deal" if it's not yet agreed) hasn't been implemented. Is that right?
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Richard J.
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