TreacleMiller
Member
I'm not a member of ASLEF..
Yes. We can very much tell.
Your refusal to stop banging the "Ballot the deal drum" is now nonsensical.
When you sell your house, would you expect your estate agent to telephone you and ask for a formal response on an offer of 25% of your homes value? Or if I offered £5 and a packet of crisps?
There is an agreed process within Aslef that members support.
There is zero benefit to members, Aslef or the public to ballot on the deal. The executive rejected it, on behalf of and with the support of the membership.
If the membership did not support the unions decision, we would have not voted to continue strike action.
That position isn't going to change. The offer isn't on the table, Aslef rejected it. The DfT were told what would allow for a revision of the unions stance and haven't done a thing to work towards it.
In my view it's clear that the government has no interest in ending the strike. I suspect that may be because they believe it suits their political base and may ring out a few more votes from the faithful at an election, rather than voting lib dem.
Will Labour shower the union membership in cash? No. I suspect we will be looking at a poor % rise regardless of who is in charge.