The internal warfare within the Finance Sector Union has burst into the public domain, with the national secretary, Fiona Jordan, outlining a catalogue of woes to members via the union's website.Elected in a boilover in July 2014, Jordan (then national president of the FSU and a Westpac home finance manager) deposed Leon Carter as union secretary. Carter at the time commanded the support of many others on the national executive. Based on Jordan's candid account, these established interests are seemingly aiming to frustrate Jordan's management."Attempts to change our union, to restore confidence in it, to pursue the agenda of making us a more professional organisation equipped to deliver on member needs, have been blocked," Jordan wrote."The efforts have been deliberately undermined by a series of extraordinary actions designed to stymie change."This has included a hostile response from local management (secretaries) and the majority of the national executive."Jordan said: "unfortunately, perhaps in part as a consequence of its composition, the national executive confuses its role in overseeing the strategy of the union with wanting to manage the operational affairs of the union without a mandate to do so."She said that, "in its confusion, the executive has passed a series of resolutions impinging on the powers of your elected national secretary."Jordan then listed 12 points of complaint, including: "rejecting and overturning recommended operational changes and refusing to participate in constructive dialogue around the union's finances," and "using the upcoming national conference to promote a strategy paper to hijack my mandate as your elected leader."Jordan asserted that "the level of interference by the members of the national executive has been extraordinary and has had the deliberate effect of frustrating my efforts to make the changes I undertook to implement, with your support."She acknowledged that "many are the same group of people who actively supported my predecessor in the election."Jordan concluded: "The level of corrosive, disingenuous and unaccountable behaviour has meant we have reached an impasse."To be blunt, if we witnessed similar behaviour amongst finance employers we would rightly be taking action - and that's exactly what members need to do."