I agree with much of what you say. The pension issue has certainly paved the way for another shafting.
I was under the impression that the Union would ballot for industrial action if they didn't get an acceptable offer from management, so the flip side of that would be that they recommend the offer.
Am I right in thinking then that the offer gets put forward...
Prospect recommend the offer/don't recommend it...
We vote yes/no...
Yes means it gets implemented and no means they're back at the drawing board?
If this is the case, the fact remains that they will at some point have to say to us "we recommend you accept this offer"...which is what I was alluding to (albeit, not so eloquently
).
I do agree with you that it is incumbent on us to refuse it but, as you correctly say, when a large part of the members couldn't even be bothered to vote on the pension, what chance have we got?