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Terry Casey

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In article ,
Terry Casey wrote:
Yes - I don't think it was coincidence that the ASLEF,
miners' and power workers' disputes always targetted their
ultimate customers - the general public - during the coldest
months of the year.

Err, if you are going to have a dispute, best to have it when the effects
are minimal? Really?

The strikes were aimed at their respective employers - what
good did it do to deliberately target their employers'
customers who were nothing whatsoever to do with the disputes?

They would have had the same effects on their employers'
busineses at any time of the year.

As it was, the power and mining disputes must have done
wonders for gas central heating with a consequent loss of
jobs.

The commuters that ASLEF targeted didn't really have the
option of transferring to the roads - they were already full
to capacity and beyond by the commuters who'd turned to cars
after the seven week London Transport strike of 1958 -
starting in May - during which there were no services in
London and large parts of the Home Counties - prior to 1971,
the LT area was much larger than today.

It turned a profitable business into a loss making one that
has needed subsidies ever sense. LT was still in the middle of
its bus renewal programme which had been interupted by the war
and brand new buses were sold off in lots of 500 without ever
entering service.

I would imagine that a lot of the strikers now no longer had
jobs to go back to. Clever move, wasn't it?

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Terry