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Tim Lamb wrote:
Not to find some ascerbic comment from Dave concerning the latest moves
to reduce strikes in essential services?

Obviously a priority given the huge number of working days lost through
strikes. ;-)

Of course having been kicked in the ******** over human rights, Euro
referendum and fox hunting, a nice soft target will keep them sweet with
the Torygraph readers.

I can well remember Thatcher's legislation, just after it came in. All it
did was to kick lazy union members into voting. Made not a scrap of
difference to any outcome, in my experience. Just gave everyone more
paperwork to do.

It does confirm my belief that union bashers have simply no knowledge of
them - other than the lies and half truths they read in the press.

I was only ever very briefly in DATA. Most of my proper job career was
lower tier management so I have a moderately jaundiced view of unions
and their objectives.

In my day it was leveraging overtime in exchange for allowing specialist
contractors on site.

I think the *show of hands* at a mass meeting was always open to
intimidation and that the Thatcher changes were in the right direction.

Planned efficiencies cost me my job in 1983 but I was fortunate in
having a farming career to fall back on.

Whether the proposed changes will prevent public service strikes is
beyond my knowledge but if that % of employees support strike action
then the general public should have some sympathy for them.


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Tim Lamb