Was in work yesterday and heard more mutterings about a breakaway union.
To what end?
Ultimately it will have the same group of people as members. Those very same members who have the ability to vote their reps in or out of their present roles. If there is a real dis-satisfaction with the BEC or any rep then it is within their power to change it. But they have to be confident there is someone willing to take on that role as a replacement. And if there are more militant people amongst us then why aren't they putting themselves forward in the present structure and initiating change that way?
I suspect it's because it's a damn site easier to come on here and snipe endlessly rather than get off their backsides and actually put the time in.