It does seem to me that the demand for legally mandated transparency has hit a particularly raw nerve with BASSA......
But Unite has history in this regard. Unite has been censured for denying access to the accounting records of branches of the Union itself:
1: on or around 3 May 2006
the Union breached section 30 of the 1992 Act by
failing to provide Mr G King & Mr M King with access to the accounting records of the 1/230 branch
of the union
2: on or around 6 December 2005 the
1/230 branch of the TGWU in breach of rule 10.4(a) of the rules of the union
failed to elect the members of the Cab Trade Advisory Committee