A lot of working men of my age got fed up with unions, in my youth I worked on one of the most volatile union sites there was, the building of the Barbican in London. During 2 years there I don't think I ever had a full week of work due to strikes.
Also I worked through the times of Wilson, Callaghan and Footand then became self employed and thought I moved up a class, I didn`t, and still consider myself a working man.
I have now come to realise that a lot of my views of politicians were wrong and think most of them are useless, money grabbing parasites with just a few exceptions. None of the main parties will get my vote.
My views on unions have changed as well, they are needed more than ever but should be regulated fairly. Didn't rate Vic Feathers, Len Murray and Scargill but I think Bob Crow looks after his members. My view is that most of the working class have been trampled on over the last 2 decades and I am not sure what the future holds.
One thing is for sure you wont have unions if the tories stay in power. And when the people on here who are earning a comfotable wage lose their jobs we will see how they fare up trying to get another one.
The ordinary man in the street needs a union now thats for sure
We all know that the unions got too big for their boots in the seventies and it seemed like everyone was on
strike back in those dark days
The right wing gutter press likes to make out that the unions are just about bringing the country to its knees
Unions are about making sure normal workers get a fair deal in the workplace and protects workers terms and conditions
Zero hours contracts and the minimum wage seems to be the norm for many workers these days![]()
I agree on the zero hours contracts. That is just USING people.![]()
The Daily Mail has refused to apologise for its article, although its sister paper the Mail on Sunday did say sorry after two of its journalists went to a service for the Labour leader's uncle at which they pressed the family for reaction to the original Daily Mail article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24505656
If it was ''hogwash'' they would of been sued, dear boy
As for Jackson's comments...it was meant to of been a tribute to Margaret Thatcher....How would you like someone putting the boot into your mum and dad over their coffin....there's a time and a place for everything...I'm afraid the dried out bitter old spinster got it wrong
People are handwringing over gossip about some bloke who died years ago, while much more IMPORTANT and current malpractices are neglected...like kids being beaten to death, muslim extremists living off benefits, and helpless old folk left to starve and soil their beds in hospitals.
Priorities.![]()
my misses told me the other day she felt sorry for the 2 nurses on her ward who were looking after 30 patients![]()
I thought she drove a Tank .![]()
5 years after I bought my Morris 1100.![]()
Every other manufacturer copied the idea...that BMC designer Alec Issigonis had pioneered in the Mini.
Austin 1800 (affectionately known as the 'land crab')...yes, my friend's dad had one. Great cars, and really, giant Minis, as was the Morris 1100, although not quite as big. They had Hydrolastic suspension though, whereas the original Mini used rubber cones, except for a couple of years in the late 60s.
I was a big BMC fan, probably because my dad would buy nothing else. He HATED Fords, and wasn't amused when I turned traitor in later years with all my Cortinas and Capris.![]()
Spitting Image.
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Slimy traitorous toad Bliar at work with his European buddies, in 2005...after Farage gives him a lecture.
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