baggersup
I think a mass resignation is completely the wrong way to go about it.
IMHO, the reasonable BASSA members, (who seem to outnumber the militants by around 3 to 1), should take control of their union, not abandon it.
Why haven't they called for an Emergency General Meeting, booted out the dinosaurs, elected reps from within their own ranks and negotiated a settlement?
From my time in the UK, it seems that an EGM clause is a required part of a trade union's constitution.