By deferring the announcement of strike action, Unite are in danger of frittering away workers' support.
That is one bit I can agree with.
If BASSA don't call a strike soon they will never be able to. There is no way that they can go back to their membership for a third ballot, therefore it is a 'use it or lose it' moment with the weak mandate that they have, that will unquestionably be broken very quickly should they choose to use it.
So that leaves negotiation and salvaging the remnants to save some face, and the only thing really negotiable is New Fleet and the terms of its introduction.
Note: not the introduction itself - that is a foregone conclusion, but the mechanism of the route transfer and the agreements they will operate under (salary, allowances, scheduling and hotel) plus the mechanism of transferring into New Fleet (one way only).
The reality must be sinking in by now, and with it, the realisation that they have done their membership such an enormous disservice of the last 15 months that they must feel like commiting collective hari-kari out of decency, but then again it's LaLa and her cronies we are talking about
Do we think that we will see a 'Toyota-moment' from them with abject apologies and contrition
