In article , Andy Hall
wrote:
There was a union, although I didn't join on principle - it wouldn't have
made any difference anyway because whoever it was was pretty toothless
anyway, and this was 1977-8 not 1979 and later.

This was at the time that the papers were telling you that the Unions had a
stranglehold everywhere and, on the strength of those lies, Thatcher got in
government.

And BTW you benefitted from any negotiations that Union might have negotiated
regarding pay and conditions - and did so on the backs of those workers who
did join the Union and pay their subs.

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