The FAU were sucessful because they are a union. Now I know that many in CX won't understand what that means, so I have cut and pasted a definition from a dictionary website.
"union - definition of union - An organization of workers joined to protect their common interests and improve their working conditions."
Now does that sound like the AOA? No. We look more like something from the Life of Brian - the Peoples Front of Judea wanting to beat the crap out of the Judean Peoples Front while the Romans shaft us from behind.
Until we can learn to forgive and forget all our differences, get the membership percentage higher and be able to bargain with management from a position of strength, we are going to continue to watch our Ts and Cs erode.
It's our choice.