Unions per se exist to support their membership and have proven and will continue to prove to be a useful tool between the wishes of the employee and the wishes of the employer.
What has been tragic in this entire sorry mess has been the inability of the BASSA union to correctly represent all its members during a very difficult period and not just upholding the edicts of the militant tub thumpers and the protection of the LH senior payments.
Tarring all unions with the militant brush does nothing but stir up a hornets nest.
IMHO of course!