The secret messages, which included the hashtags “#BOMonSTRIKE,” “#5yearpayfreeze” and #SupportUs, along with links to a union petition, popped up on social media after members of the public started noticing them and praising their creativity.
“Today’s forecast: Cloudy with a chance of industrial action,” tweeted author Campbell McConachie, along with a screenshot of a forecast with the union hashtags.
Similarly, self-described “worker, anarchist, and shameless agitator” Kieran Bennett posted: “Today’s forecast? Industrial action!”
A satellite note even had an acrostic hidden in the text, reading “BOM ON STRIKE”.
The bureau and its staff are locked in a pay dispute as an agreement covering the employees expired in June 2014.
The union also accused the bureau of a “heavy-handed response,” and “extraordinary overreaction,” as its management introduced a series of new checks and controls before forecasts can be transmitted or posted on social media.
It added that a new agreement proposal has been put to staff ahead of a formal vote on June 22.
Source : Nbcnewyork