Diplome - You're welcome!
So, following on from Len McCluskey we seem now to be hearing significantly less of Tony Woodley's involvement as the TUC guy (Len Barber is it?) stepped in to conduct the negotiations with Willie Walsh last Friday instead. Looks like the Unite leaders are continuing to jump ship away from the BA dispute especially in view of the images they wish to portray to their broader membership at their conference in Manchester next week.
TW & DS not showing up to meet their loyal members at Bedfont as scheduled for last Monday afternoon was a bad move as it will have left strikers asking "Are the leaders I am sticking my neck out for really batting for me or not?" This would have been a turning point away from the Union for many.
DS would do much better if he looked more professional by wearing a tie and showed a more respectful attitude towards his clearly very worthy opponent rather than the somewhat disheveled and unrestrained performances that he continues to give to the press.
But this monumental power struggle has never been about negotiation from the start as Willie Walsh has known all along. It's interesting to hear DS and others stuttering the words "regime change" more often as even they are finally admitting to themselves what it is really all about.
Last edited by Phil Rigg; 31st May 2010 at 00:58.