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I take your point but I voted no to the offer and would not have crossed ATCO picket lines (sickie) unless there was a safety issue that had been agreed by the unions.
Et al..
Its about time that there was a single ATC union. The three unions (in effect) give management a tremendous advantage. Take a look at other privatised orgs. BA is a good place to start. Divide - conquer - walk all over.... It will take one good leader to stand up and offer his/her services to get the new union going - thats all. They would be killed in the rush. It aint me I'm afraid....
Some ATCO's (the 'ATCO only' brigade) would never want to be in the same union as support staff. Good grief - ATC support staff with 25 years + experience may even want to join a professional body!!!
Remember that ATCO's are a minority and whilst I agree that they are not the best paid in Europe they are far from the worst and most of the population would consider all of us to be quite highly paid. They would have no sympathy for the striking ATCO.