Bono Vox,
Whilst Prospect may not have collectively learned the lesson of keeping members informed, some unit reps have - but there's one catch: I can't tell you what I don't know.
When there finally was some communication from the union Jedi Masters, I found it a bit patronising in tone and and did little to settle my fears. Nothing BA (sorry, TAG - I'll get that right one day) does or attempts to do will surprise me - after all, if they got away with something within BA, they'll get away with it with NATS - right?
I became a union rep to do the best for everyone at my unit, and everyone within NATS. That doesn't mean I'm going to accept the "everything's okay, stop behaving like children" e-mail as gospel - I don't like it, end of story. And if being a unit rep JUST means being a mouthpiece for the boys and girls at the top even when you don't agree - as many NATs managers had to be during the PPP run-up - then I resign.
This could run and run and run...