THIS.
Both my wife and I are Public Servants, she in the NHS, me in Local Government. We both realise that in terms of pension we will still do alright, if it costs me an extra 3% so be it.
I didn't support the strike mostly because I have a deep mistrust of Trade Unions and their leaders. If you want example of why:
They elect people like Bob Crowe and the clearing in the woods from the Fire Brigades Union to represent them.
They spend more time worrying about what Jeremey Clarkson is saying when he is clearly taking the piss. I wonder of the 4000 people who complained to the BBC, how many actually SAW the interview, and were able to see what he said and how he delievered it, in context. I would suspect very few. Its very easy to take umbridge with comments in print.
When I was part of a Union (ATL) the leader at the time put a serious proposal forward to abolish the word "Failure" from English schools. You wouldn't fail and exam, you would "defer your success"