Stormin' From the outside one would think that not allowing a vote on the offer would put the BASSA executive and reps in deep do-do with the membership. But we are not talking about rational people here. We are talking about either died-in-the-wool militants who would march over a cliff if Duncan asked them or souls who will meekly accept everything the union says because they must know best, after all, that's what reps do isn't it ?. I would bet that the clear sighted members left way back. In some respects it helps both Unite and BASSA not to hold a ballot right now. If they did they would be forced to reveal the true membership figures. Might be a touch embarassing. In times of industrial unrest, the norm is for union membership to rise. During this dispute Unite have seen their membership figures plummet. At the last count they had lost over 10% of the figure they had in Feb this year.