"Most staff (the 4000) who were balloted walked out of their own free
will
because they know that the company is after shafting them."

Well doesn't that say it all?!

As originally stated, this is a "dispute" because some RMT members
regard themselves as being "shafted" - a far way from being a dispute
about "safety" at all! Frankly, as to whether the RMT or other strikers
are "shafted" or not is a matter of supreme indifference to me and the
majoirity of the long-suffering travelling public, who are themselves
"shafted" every time Crow or Law feel like having a long week-end away
from work.

Marc.