Three Bars, Maybe you should be asking your union why they are not interested in helping "lower paid pilots" (Does this mean less worthy?), in negotiations with the mother company.
Not everybody is happy being paid less. You seem to imply this in your postings. Without the correct support, your wish of an equal pay scale, thus cementing your position, will never happen.
Before you pass judgement on individual pilots, perhaps you should look further up the tree towards the people who actually make the decisions that affect us.