That explains a lot for me too Bettygirl. Clearly this journey that BV decided to take Amicus on was as unwelcome among the reps as it was to most of its members. In my resignation letter I told them that if they had let the Amicus members have a separate ballot the answer would have been a resounding NO! Clearly if only 40 took IA and those not even reps then I was right and we should never have been taken into this dispute at all. On past form, Amicus should have hit the negotiating room and come out with an agreement which we could have signed up for and BASSA would have had to live with (rather like 1997). Poorly done Amicus!!