I see that JF and his merry men have taken to exploiting and abusing the BALPA internal e-mail listings given to BA and Non BA Reps - here is the latest classic to appear.... from someone called Graham Cathcart, whoever he is !
Good Gentlefolk
IT IS TIME TO PUT OUR HOUSE IN ORDER! CHRIS DARK MUST PUT
UP OR SHUT UP!
WE ANSWER TO THE CAA FOR OUR JOBS.................LET HIM
ANSWER TO US
HE NEED ONLY FEAR THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IF HE HAS
NEGLECTED HIS JOB
Which, in my opinion, he seems to have done.
I have only been active as a rep in Balpa since last
December. I was roused from my usual apathy by what I perceived as a weak
union. Over the years I have seen the pay, conditions and status of OUR
PROFESSION WITHER AND DIE LIKE A NEGLECTED GARDEN.
I belong to a UNION (it is nothing more, and nothing less
than that).... that WE PAY FOR!!!!!!
I DO NOT FEEL THAT I AM GETTING GOOD VALUE FOR MY MONEY.
and there is only ONE MAN TO BLAME... the man who runs it.
Since SEPTEMBER I have not seen or heard nor recieved any
comunication from someone called CHRIS DARKE. In these troubled times I
think that is shocking. I have been in New Road on numerous occassions and
Mr. Darke has been conspicuous by his absence.
Suddenly I, like you, am being bombarded with e-mails
telling what a sterling job IFALPA AND EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING. I still dont
see what Darke is doing other than seeming to be GRABBING THEIR COAT TAILS
in an effort to look good and BASK IN THEIR GLORY. If I was a truly cynical
man I would think this was electioneering by stealth, and extremely
despicable if it was.
I DO NOT WANT A UNION DOMINATED BY BA.
I WANT A STRONG UNION SERVED BY A STRONG AND EFFECTIVE
GENERAL SECRETARY.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN FIND ONE ........BUT ONLY WHEN THE
JOB IS VACANT.
SUPPORT DEMOCRACY......DEMAND ACTION......ABOVE ALL ELSE
VOTE FOR CHANGE
VOTE FOR FROHNSDORFF
THANK YOU for reading this far, and my apologies for spamming. I feel very
strongly about this and what I perceive as an attempt to pervert and
smother the democratic process.
regards
Graham Cathcart
p.s. If Chris Darke had not SPAMMED ME I would not have your e-mail
address, if he can use it.......Then, in a free and open union..so can you
and I.
I sense a certain desparation here -all those who vote for JF - beware !!!!!
flappless