All valid points above received and understood.
However problems do present themselves when the Union reps are voicing opinions which are their own, and not those of the other unit members. This at best gives misleading signals to the management, and puts us back at square one, along with giving the union a bad image in the eyes of both the organ grinders, and the monkeys.
As I said before, I have experienced similar problems with the unions in my pre ATC 'career', and no amount of quiet plaintive pleading could get the union reps to see that some change at least, is for the better, and not everyone is against it.
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If it aint broke, break it.