Seriously. The retail staff aren't striking as far as I am aware. Maybe it's true that those who have brains work in retail and those who work in warehouses have the brawn.

It would be stupid to allow this to go through. All it will do if force other retailers to bow to this pressure and all of a sudden, inflation has gone up even more to account for the extra money in the economy – and you're back to square one and the relative amount of money you already earned.

I understand that the current offer was under the rate of inflation and therefore technically a pay cut, but these sorts of strikes only lead to one thing... rampant inflation as the unions attempt to out race inflation leading to even more ridiculous pay demands forcing businesses out of business... and what have you got when that happens... even less money than what you originally had and a recession.

In short, the unions need to be very careful not to bow to ridiculous demands and to educate their members about what happens when unions get into an argument with inflation.

"To allow this to go through" I don't think that you understand the law my friend. The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act gives a Trade Union the right to call for a strike if a majority of their members vote for it in a recognised ballot. Your comment about the difference between brawl and brain is frankly insulting, the majority of warehouse workers are represented by Unite whilst the majority of retail staff are represented by USDAW. The majority of Unite members voted for strike action in a recognised ballot, therefore they went on a legitimate strike with the full support of the rest of the Union. Furthermore do you understand how much a warehouse worker gets paid? Only through collective bargaining carried out by the Union on behalf of members do they receive more than the minimum wage. A below inflation pay rise bites hard into an already slim budget. Furthermore it highlights the ridiculousness of your statement that the extra money being "flooded" into the market would cause a rise in inflation. They were not asking for a fortune, merely a fair wage. Secondly we are entering a recession, the Bank of England reduced it's interest rates by a quarter percentile point back in April not long after the strike was organised, and again now in October, showing that they are more concerned with increasing consumer spending and are less concerned with inflation. Never trust someone who tells you they cannot afford to pay you anymore in the interests of profitability whilst they themselves receive multi-million pound salaries and gold-plated pensions. Please