How to handle disputes
A large company here provides free transport (buses) to the workplace from all local destinations.
A few years back, the newly formed trade union suddenly started beating the drum demanding "transport allowance" far in excess of the cost of petrol for those that used their own vehicles.
To settle the dispute, the company agreed to give a sum of money to all employees by way of transport allowance.
They also mandated the purchase of a book of tickets to use the company bus service. You can guess how much the tickets worked out at.
So all it did was put a few quid in the pockets of those that could afford their own car and to drive into work.
Yes, these Union reps know how to look after themselves the world over.