Anyone who treats staff like this is preparing the ground for a big fight.

We expect a contract with a respectable wage increase. We are willing to negotiate.

When should workers ask for more money but in good times? It's fair. Employers need to see that it can't go on like this.

We are highly interested in a mediated solution. However, there is still a very long way between an improved offer and a solution. The employers will have to move quite a bit.