Somewhere along the line I believe that Unite/BASSA agreed that elections to replace DH should be deferred until the current dispute was resolved. Given that only BASSA (DH and other reps) can agree to a dispute being ended then in practice it appears that DH is "sitting pretty" unless outvoted by the other BASSA reps. If I'm correct then you can see that DH may have what is called a conflict of interest with respect to this dispute.
Then surely those at the top at Unite can see that conflict of interest, can see the membership dropping because of the handling of the "dispute" by DH, can see the monthly income dropping because of lower members, and, of course, can see their
PR image being ruined by someone who was sacked and is not eligible to be part of the union in the position he holds. That could surely allow the "big men" at Unite the opportunity to say "ENOUGH" and force the issue as Unite are the ones allegedly in charge of the Unite union and not Bassa, who are merely a small part of that union.
Someone has to pull the plug on the current situation before the antics cause more issues to the entire Unite union as you can be sure that others, not Bassa people, will be leaving Unite too and they will be saying that the way things have gone in this dispute is the reason they've had enough.
How long will Unite be able to live with the "satus quo"...........