I see the Milford Haven Port Authority have won their court hearing and have been granted an injunction to stop the 2 day strike by the pilots at Milford Haven.

The pilots held a ballot against proposals to alter its final salary pension scheme.

I am not an expert on industrial relations or the law that the Tories brought in, in the 80's, to make it harder to strike.

Also, I do not know whether the ballot was flawed or not.

But a few weeks ago, the senior managers at British Airways went to court to stop a proposed strike over the Christmas period by cabin crew. The result of the ban has probably made industrial relations worse.

Now we see the Management at the Port Authority going to the courts as well, to stop a proposed strike.

Such actions do not make it easier to solve problems in the workplace and can harden attitudes on both sides which makes ANY future discussions on any matters, more difficult to resolve.

I do not recall whether the proposed changes to the final pension scheme was to affect ALL staff (including managers and directors), or it was just aimed at the pilots.

Hopefully, both sides can sort the matter out by conciliation, rather than making matters worse. Ted Sangster said the Port Authority have lost £50K from one ship that won't now be berthing at Milford Haven. On the other side, the pilots fear what they will lose from their pension pot and no one likes the goal posts being moved, when you are in a pension scheme.

Will common sense prevail?