And given all that I truly feel for those of you caught in this dilemma. A union differs from a democracy in that membership is optional. The reason I am a member of my Union (Association?) is that I happen to agree with its aims, methods and philosophy.
My association is interested in my opinion, asks for my preferences and is open, honest and mature in its dealings with me. As a result I give it in return the level of support I discussed in my last post. However, I don't have a problem with people going against democracy if there is an obvious justification.
After all (forgive the glib comparison but there is an Association that enjoys using inappropriate images from WW2) Hitler was democratically elected and I dont think anyone would criticise a rebel against that particular democratic regime.