Threat to Derecognise Unite at Honda?

It just won't go away. As the UK economy crawls across the desert that is the global recession, employers are determined to attack unions as a means to preserve global profit. Hard on the heels of UNISON's recent successful re-recognition campaign at Plymouth Council, Unite have now caught Honda management red handed discussing plans to derecognise them:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/16/unite-union-honda-carmaker-derecognition-row?newsfeed=true
UK unions are approaching a major crossroad - do we persist in yearning for partnership or do we move our resources to organising more powerful unions?