Beaver Liquor's last paragraph in his last post (#85) is very salient. Everyone should heed it. The union is, at the end of the day, only as strong as its members.
If we as members pussyfoot around and whinge in the background, how are our Reps supposed to know the strength of feeling. It doesn't take much, just go to you rep and tell them that you are not willing to change the pension scheme... it's numbers that count - in every other issue the union are left to get on with it... we need to show them how strongly all of us feel... though they do have a damned good idea already as they as individuals have the same worries/doubts as us.