Hi Tom100, thanks for not biting my head off for disagreeing with you.
It seems to me that you have a problem with BASSA reps not with the concept of a trade union.
I happen to agree with you as far as some of the reps are concerned, however the majority of the reps are hard working people and some of them were only young children in th 70s.
We have the right to vote for new reps every 2 years, it was a shame that only 38% of the membership bothered to vote for new reps last time. I guess people are happy with the current reps.