Vivienne:
Check your reading glasses. I am asking you to show that your union is democratic.
Since I don't know the "technicalities" of the democratic process - after all, things like votes among the rank-and-file are just "technicalities," aren't they? - why don't you please enlighten the readers of this discussion?
We are all getting a bit suspicious: what is hiding behind all your talk of democracy?
When did the members vote?
When did they elect these delegates?
How many delegates from your workplace went to Philadelphia?
The list of unanswered questions grows longer.