18-11-18, 10:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-11-18, 10:32 AM by steve 10562cc.)
Not sure how old you are yamfazfun but I remember the 70s very well, had to fight through a picket line of flying pickets during the building strike to go to work it wasn't nice people got hurt and I worked for a small builders 12 tradesmen, 3 labourers and 3 apprentices that payed well and looked after their people when sick, injured family problems,etc. Back to red Robbo and British Leyland some one only had to fart out of tune and they were out. and that wasn't the only union that did that. No secret ballots, Intimidation by union thugs/bully boys. Secret ballots stopped most of that.
Just for the record guys I was a union member for 34 years nothing to do with building trade and voted onto my local union committee, and held that position for 5years till I transferred to another part of the country, so I'm no management lacky