no - I'm saying they would have liked a pay cut or unpaid leave but they didn't get the option.
should I get them to give you a call so you can counsel them?
That unpaid leave craic was unworkable bollocks.
Like 'productivity and efficiency measures' it was a bargaining position and the savings would never have materialised.
It was quite rightly thrown in the bin.
I have plenty of sympathy for public service workers trying to manage on a reduced income, but that proposal was not going to deal with the issue at hand.