I’m sure the small and medium businesses which form a huge chunk of the economy would love to give pay rises, but at the moment they are having a difficult time paying the bills to keep the business open. Not all businesses are run by millionaires/billionaires/ pension funds.
Do they?
Was the offer put to the members before being rejected out of hand?
I’m sure everyone would love more money in their pay packets, unfortunately the world doesn’t work like that. Non public sector employees will, for the most part, not get an above inflation pay rise because it’s not...
Hopefully the members stand up to their 70s throwback leader who just wants to play politics.
What public support they had will quickly disappear when people in non public service jobs aren’t getting a pay rise.