Surely your CC should be in contact, via BALPA head office, to discuss what other CC's are doing about combating the decline you mention. As it is industry-wide should the response from the sharp end coal face diggers not also be industry wide? Trying to go it alone will be useless because the company will claim they "have to competitive." If everyone is on a level playing field due to a united BALPA response..........
'United you stand divided you fall'. and therein lies the rub. Whenever has the industry been united? If a further decline in T's & C's and a further reduction in lifestyle and quality of life is not enough to galvanise the troops then nothing will. However, as always, it needs leadership. You pays your money you gets your choice; but do you. Are you really getting what you pay for? You decide; all of 100's of you.