10th April 2013, 10:02 AM
Dinosaur Wrote:...and I suspect your kids'll thank you for actual electric lighting when they're trying to revise for their A-levels, as opposed to those of us who had to do it by candle-light courtesy of the unions in 1979
Well there's a nice piece of Daily Mail-ism for you..!! You must be getting your militant unions muddled up!! The miners didn't strike in 78-79, the power stayed on...there were council workers out, there were firemen out, but nobody switched the power off.....I was a civil servant at the time and we went on strike as part of a campaign to protect the jobs service for the 1.5 million unemployed at the time (soon to rise to 3 million+ under the Tories)...we did it democratically. We supported our fellow workers.....we were sold down the river by the Labour party and the TUC....
There is a piece in today Independent reminding folk about why the unions were on strike in the late 70's. Nothing to do with militancy, lots to do with protecting jobs, salaries, terms and conditions. All of those services and benefits from employment that many people miss today.....
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...