It sends a clear message to BASSA:
The game is up
Strike if you want but we'll continue to fly without you
Strike and lose ST for life
The rest of the company know that you are very expensive and are against you
You are stopping expansion because of your costs
Your representatives have been refusing to negotiate
Game, set and match to Willie - but how long will it take for BASSA to accept this?
I can just imagine the witches (led by the coven chief LaLa) prowling around the cauldron working out which ingredients to throw into the pot. I call:
Len McClunky and Unite (again)
CC89 (again)
WW (again), and, of course
BALPA (not for the first time).
These will be the stool pigeons for BASSA, and ne'er a drop of retribution shall fall on the top table (of course).
Wind forward 3 months and LaLa will retreat to LA, never to be seen sagain (hopefully) taking with her to obscurity the rest of the dregs from BASSA (p0rn king/kitchen fitter, Stott and the rest).