Time -ex , I agree with your view regarding reluctance to change unions on the basis being well compensated for injuries sustained at or travelling to/from work.
Many people I have spoken to have used the same excuse & some have said that joining the ALAE is waste of time but this hasn't put me off joining .
If we all had this pessimistic attitude we won't get anywhere .Most Engineers tend to be a cynical bunch at the best of times & this has probably been our own downfall . At least by joining I feel I've made a small contribution towards eventually improving the situation. I agree it won't happen overnight but at least it might in my working lifetime so we need to have faith .
I've on occasion , visited 'The Mechanic.Com' & there appears to be some quite heated arguements on the main bulletin board on the subject of which union should be representing the interests of the AMEs in the 'Land of the Free' . Has anybody else had a look & care to comment?