Ding dong the witch is dead

[JoeRock]

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[quote author=peterjca link=topic=7157.msg68434#msg68434 date=1365497614]
, and unions fight for the rights and conditions of others and not to line their own pockets.

So how do you square that with Arthur scargill, who is on record as admitting that the miners strike was more about an attempted power grab by him, within the labour party, than it ever was about the miners? That's almost certainly a big part of why the NUM decided to chuck him out his "flat for life".

Anybody who thinks the union leaderships are any less power crazed than the MPs (of any colour) are delusional.

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Oh yes indeed, power corrupts individuals of whatever politics.

My point still stands though. Neither the miners nor any other union could have caused the outright havoc and devastation that the financial "industry" has caused. I guess you're happy for the bankers to loot our pockets and threaten to throw their toys out of the pram, but not for the miners and others to stand up for the rights of ordinary folks.
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Yes, I do of course now see dozens of massive strikes all over the country, with local amenities not being carried out and the army having to be called in to be used for things such as rubbish disposal.
Wait a minute, they're not happening!
Yes, the recession we're in is partially due to the financial sector, but I bet youg haven't been complaining for the previous 20 years about worldwide economic growth on the back of that same sector!