> Misrepresenting a cumulative 4 year increase as a single upfront one is honestly disgusting behaviour.

It's not. Even under normal conditions, central banks aim for 2% inflation per year, and a further 3% increase in wages is everything but disgusting - it's time for the workers to get back more of the profits that the megacorporations distribute to shareholders, especially as productivity increases historically have not been redistributed to the employees. Time for the latter to be compensated as well.