Telling employees what to do is very different from telling employees what needs to be done.  Large businesses and organizations have spent a lot of time and resources to get employees involved and this moves in this direction.  In handling grievances, I sometimes asked the grievant, "If you owned this company, would you hire yourself?"  A very effective reality check.  At the same time, union officials and employees will need to develop their capacity to accept responsibility for the actions and decisions they made or influenced.