MCO Flyer
To maybe get some glimmering of the snarled background to this lot, suggest possibly try reading posts 599,600,614,622,623,780. and in general around this area.
It seems that over the years the Bassa branch rules were gradually changed to place all the powers into the hands of the union chairman, Lizanne living in LA and Duncan the Branch Secretary, also regardless of Unite, only Bassa can call off a dispute/strike - no body appears to have seen a copy of the rule book or indeed of any accounts - nor any up to date list or information about reps, a large number of which appear to have possibly been dismissed for various disciplinary offences.
Where decisions have been taken in this dispute, other than by Duncan, it has been by a show of hands at a meeting on a small local football club pitch - obviously a democratic method of decision making for strike action, with a membership that is reported variously between maybe 6,000 to 10,000.
Enjoy gentlemen, you don't often come across a script as devious and convoluted as this!! - be very interested to see your reactions.