1.   The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage.

2.   The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.

3.   For this union to say only employed members can represent them is disgraceful.

4.   The engineering workers union the AEU says the job cuts announcement has become a familiar litany.

5.   The firm says it will encourage teamwork and save money, but the unions say it will hit workers who are genuinely ill.

6.   But the banking unions say the job losses are unjustified.

7.   The engineering union says its members have been betrayed.

8.   Other teaching unions said they might well boycott the plan.

9.   But the union has said it is going ahead with a formal appeal to the Employment Appeals Tribunal.