I'm curious Litebulbs,
I'm asking you directly this question because you seem to come from the union angle (nothing wrong with that!). A suggestion that has been made repeatedly in this discussion is that Unite (or at least BASSA) is prepared to sell its membership down the river in terms of pay cuts to maintain its membership numbers (and hence its monthly revenue from subscriptions).
Do you think there is any truth to this suspicion, as it quite clearly must be a worry for BASSA to lose roughly 10% of its membership in a short space of time?
I'm asking this question not from a CC perspective but from a general union/non-union perspective - as it queries the core ability of a union to represent its members without conflicting interests!
Thanks for any enlightenment!!