Ayrprox, I felt just as angry about the way the pension was handled as you and hundreds of others were. Why should this be different? Wellm partly because of the pension ballsup I signed up to be a rep and I was at the SDC. And what happened at SDC was pretty awesome.
The unity and resolve was incredible and really encouraging. Support from the centres was total.
"One NATS, one ATCO" is very much alive and well. And here is - at last - the stomach for a fight, right to the very top of Prospect.
Make no mistakes, the BEC KNOW that they cannot play fast and loose with agreed branch policy. That was the whole reason for the SDC, they needed to know what the members wanted them to do. The clear message is that members are not prepared to give way any more, this is the line in the sand.
The task now is for the unit reps to go back and spread the word: Prospect members need to realise that industrial action is a now real consideration. Who is ACTUALLY prepared to man the barricades? Because if NATS Airports try to force things through or try sneak things in by the back door, the BEC has been told to make an immediate response. Hopefully it won't come to that: the support from the centres is vital in that, I don't believe the airports could fight this off alone. That support might be enough to make them forget the whole thing.
Anotherthing, you are bang on: 30% apathy. Heart-breaking.
mr.777, when PB, LH and the rest of the stooges found out what had been agreed at the SDC they probably had "a bit of a shock". And they couldn't wait to find out: a meeting was arranged for the day after SDC ended. I really believe that any initiative they thought they had will now have evaporated.
Have faith in the BEC: Prospect has not been this unified or determined for a LONG time.
We have good reason to be optimistic. I really can't wait to see what happens next.
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