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Well I never mentioned anything about union members.

The union hierarchy on the other hand give vast donations to one political party and have the kind of influence that can install a person who has to choose between listening and opening his eyes as leader of that party over the wishes of the majority of members of that party.

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this ideas dead in the water ;)

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i know unions today are a bit ott.
but if it was not for unions .
ya be working down coal mine at the age of 9
20 hours a day for 2d a day .
with factory equipment with no safety guards on them.
ect,ect :)

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None of which gives a union that represents council workers the legitimacy to attempt speak for the public, as Unison did in this case.

Its only connection with the issue is the fact that some of the employees of the leisure centre will be Unison members, but this wasn't enough for Unison. It claimed that the measure was "sick" and an "insult" to the public.

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Aye, those were the good old days, lad. :D

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Coal Mines Act 1842 came about because of a Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry.

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Unions are very good at claiming credit for things that weren't actually their doing. ;)

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A very good idea in my opinion, why waste energy? Sounds to me like someones just shouting for the sake of it.

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And you'd pay t' mine owner for t' privilege.

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I believe the 'degradation' that really stuck in their craw was that women were pulling the coal carts naked from the waist up..which proved to be more shocking than the actual conditions underground.

Now I got that little bit of info of a documentary I was idly watching and flicking channels one evening last week but I can't remember who the presenter was or on what channel I came across it.Sadly I fell asleep.

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Bare-chested ladies pulling coal carts? And you fell asleep? :confused: :erm:

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My dear elf it was a HISTORY documentary and I am a straight female..why wouldn't I fall asleep?They didn't actually show naked women you know, so even you would have nodded off.;)

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Oh.. I thought it was one of them reality thingies :(

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Sorry Mate....... No Norks on Public view at that time. :D (.)(.):angel:

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Without wishing to be thought of as armchair moderating, what the smeg has any of this got to do with the original topic?