And here's some more...
Play the ball? Tell that to your mate Hula Bula (who I note has run for the hills). The past? Relevance? Of course you fail to see the relevance. You weren't even there, were you?
Let me spell it out for you. You weren't invited to the table because people don't like your camp. Pretty simple really. Be in the game, be reasonable, and your camp might get asked for your opinion when a greenfields agreement is being set up. My recent experience is that your camp deserves none of that.
In any case, why on earth are you sledging the TWU? Had the boot been on the other foot, would your camp really have invited the TWU to be at the table? Of course not. Hell will freeze over before you guys and the TWU would willingly talk together. Perhaps you are envious that the TWU has achieved more than you... (and would even more if it had a "compulsory" membership base to get access to good LOL). How about ripping into the operator? It is the party that didn't involve you, not the TWU.
If you want to be part of the team, you change tack...