The second condition was - wait for it - that they give up their five minute tea-break in the afternoon.
The matter went to the Labour Court and it recommended payment of the the 2% and both conditions! Pause for reflection, and a cup of tea.
The besuited and sleek gentlemen and ladies of the Labour Court, custodians of enlightened and modern human resource management, pillars of partnership, want the Oerlikon workers to go without a tea-break, even a five minute one for a Diet Coke, between the hours of 1.15 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. To put cream on it, the Court recommended that the five minutes be put on to the half-hour lunch-break, from 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. Solomon despair!