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John Rumm wrote:
press on how widespread it was. Or the Tory party. Thatcher brought in
secret ballots thinking it would make industrial action far less
likely - and she was proved totally wrong. Which means bullying - if
any - made absolutely no difference.

You will note that Thatcher's reforms have resulted in massive
reductions in the number of days lost each year to industrial action
across the board. Reforms you will note that Phoney Blair and co have
been in no hurry to undo.

Well, yes. When you shut down the mines that certainly results in better
industrial relations in them. On paper. Same with much of the rest of UK
owned industry. Perhaps it has escaped you there is no longer a UK owned
mass car maker? And the now successful car makers in the UK are owned by
those who have a less cavalier attitude to industrial relations - hence
better productivity, quality and industrial relations despite using the
same workers.

Happy workers simply don't go on strike. The idea that they do is simply
meja hype. Why would a worker want to lose his income for no reason? It
simply doesn't make sense.

Strikes happened because of genuine grievances. And those usually caused
by poor management. Anyone reading the history of BL and its succeeders
would have no difficulty realising this. There were no industrial
relations problems when BMW took over, but even they soon realised the
magnitude of the task to modernise an industry so lacking in investment
for decades was totally beyond them.

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