So does mine. I have other gripes with them too. I've long considered leaving, but a precarious situation in relation to my workplace specifically means that leaving at present would be really ill-advised. Union members are better-protected than those staff who are not, and this union is the strongest we've got.
My local branch are fantastic and right on the ball - unlike the General Secretary who has IMO seriously mismanaged the current dispute - and are another reason I'm still there.
I won't be voting 'YES' in any further ballots for action - I didn't in the last - as from my current position it's akin to shooting myself in the foot. But having taken the decision to remain in the union, I view that as also being a decision to back the majority view.
It's becoming increasingly difficult, I've lost a country fortune, and the MAB in particular has been very unpleasant and divisive. There are reasons as to why the General Secretary has painted herself into a corner with that one. Seriously, she's inept. But union means union.
These dilemmas are always difficult, nuanced, and require weighing up the lesser of the evils available. No one nowadays should be treated unprofessionally and certainly not called a 'scab'. But there's nothing you can do about losing the trust of your colleagues, and once that's gone it can be very difficult to get it back.