"Have also been told UNITE are talking with Willie and that Woodley has expressly excluded BASSA. He and UNITE are furious with Holley. Woodley told Holley his call for wildcat action re: shades must be withdrawn as it would give the co. carte blanche to sack. Holley refused so UNITE issued retraction themselves. Fuming !! He now wants to isolate BASSA. With internal elections coming up, woodley doesn't want anything to do with what he calls the BASSA DISASTER. It's over. It's no longer a fight for CC; it's an internal fight to preserve their own positions. Don't know where we go from here."
This is a txt sent to a poster (StoneyBridgeRadar) on the other thread from a colleague. Telling, don't you think?
On the basis of what I have seen of Woodley I don't think he has handled this particularly well - this simply begs the question "What took you so long?"