Aslef losing membership.

[driverd]

Advantageous to the minority yes. Not to the others who 'play by the rules'.

I'm sorry but that's nonsense. You know as well as I do that non-union colleagues don't have the option to decline a pay rise. Equally they sacrifice the opportunity to voice their prefered areas for improvements in conditions or any preferences around the size etc of a pay rise. Finally, and to a great many, most importantly, it sacrifices union representation should a dispute with the employer emerge.

Being non-union carries penalties, talking as though such a person is free loading is massively missing the point. There's a great many reasons someone may fall out and disagree with the union and, sometimes, voting with your feet (and wallet), may be the only way to be heard.

 

[janb]

In answer to the original question sit down and look at successive ballot results and you can see trends in union membership. With RMT it was easy because they gave the number of ballots issued each time, with ASLEF it seems you'd have to total voting yes and no and take the % turnout and do the maths from there to work out how many ballots issued and how that compared to 6 months previously.

 

[mandub]

250 at my depot and none have left ASLEF.
Lots of moaning of course, as always, but no one has actually left as they know they will benefit from the eventual pay settlement.

Also I'd feel uncomfortable leaving the union & still being with my friends and colleagues daily at work knowing they were paying towards our fight for a pay rise and I wasn't paying (but will be an equal beneficiary)

 

[Mag_seven]

The opening post of this thread is based on unsubstantiated hearsay - if anyone can actually verify from a reputable source that ASLEF has declining membership then we may reopen the thread.