I must admit that although I have been well informed about the G.S. election taking place, I had no clue as to the politics going on behind it. In our company we have been very fortunate and have faired better than most in the wake of Sept 11th. However this amounts to capitulation in comparison the pay and conditions achieved by the unions in the US for their members. I do advocate a happy medium, not to kill the goose that layed the golden egg ect, but it is time that we had somebody to make managements sit up and take notice not sit back and laugh.