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    30 years ago today history was made - Mrs Thatchers victory over Scargill

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...not-scary.html

    An illegal unballoted strike with the 33% of working miners intimidated by Scargills travelling rent-a mob of vicious thugs


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    Yes recently, I'm not sure who it was, teachers or whoever, but strike action was called for and I can't remember the figures, but it was something crazy like 18% voted for industrial action, and the turnout of voting was something like 30%

    These figures are just from memory, but it beggars belief.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...not-scary.html

    An illegal unballoted strike with the 33% of working miners intimidated by Scargills travelling rent-a mob of vicious thugs
    Remember that era so well, doesn't seem very long ago at all, and the music of that time was Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna all of 'em battling it out!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Parnham View Post
    Remember that era so well, doesn't seem very long ago at all, and the music of that time was Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna all of 'em battling it out!
    I didn't know that Arthur Scargill was part of the flying pickets


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    The car factory workers and London dockers were the worst, all thought they had jobs for life.


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    Over to you, Andy!


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    Thatchers defeat of breaking the unions. I agree the unions had become above themselves, striking for little and nothing many times.

    But, you know, there are many factory workers who found protection with the unions, protection from bullying on the shop floor by the floor managers. I can't remember the name that these guys had for their position, but they would wear long white jackets, and didn't do any physical work. They were in charge of the workers - much of the bullying came from them - those bullied would be afraid to lose their jobs, due to mortgage loans, etc. Some I know had nervous breakdowns because of this, others became just ill. This was after Maggie's breaking of the unions.

    And that is a fact!


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    Yes there is one of the white coats in the movie when Saturday comes.


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