Union Bods ..Please, for future ballots just give us ALL the facts and keep your recommendations to yourselves. Let us decide for ourselves. Don't try to sway us either way then the blame can't be laid at anyones door.
Fair point and totally agree.
However what is a breakaway union going to achieve? We have an apathetic workforce were the minority (maybe the posters on here) are militant unlike French atcos or our own RMT. A breakaway union would be the same.
Coming from a 'regional' airport the union system pi**es me off as we are forever shafted by the majority vote (NERL) which we do not have. The only time anything of value was achieved for the staff was when management refused to staff us 3 on a nightshift. A union meeting was called in the car park disrupting traffic and lo and behold we immediately got the 3 on nights.
Direct action is the only language these current bullish management types understand and until we do this, terms and conditions will be further eroded and they will be revisiting the pension issue as we rolled over for that as well. IMHO too many of my/our colleagues still deem it unprofessional to strike so expect more of a shafting.
