Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
So what does the Union General Secretary do? If all decisions are made by the collective membership why does a union need a fat cat sitting at the top earning £163,000 of the money donated as membership fees by the collective membership? Get rid of the person at the top, reduce what the members donate in membership contributions and nothing changes surely?

Or is the General Secretary needed up there to assume they know what the Borg wants and to stir **** maybe?
The union would still need someone or a group of someone's to negotiate on a national level. In the case of the RMT, with 60k members,they are paying around 6p each a week for wages to their general Secretary. I imagine those members think he is worth it.

And if the members are happy paying the money,who are we to argue?