@evoman3957 wrote:

And of course, the reasons unions give for coming out on strike; are not to make it more palatable to the public by any chance. There are no underlying, convoluted reasons, which would actually require reading between the lines..........but then you'd know wouldn't you...........why does that not surprise me.


Am I missing something here - I know I'm getting old but when a union supports its members in a strike over one issue and publicises it as such what are the reasons for doing so if the strike is 'really' about pay?  Apparently you know!