Originally Posted by Chris

Of course there were, there were loads. Funnily enough the Union barons didn't like it when Thatcher went to war on their little fiefdoms, and they put up a fight. But after the miners' strike ended, there was a steady decline in days lost to industrial action. Until Labour got in of course, and began laying the foundations for the upswing we are now seeing.

A blinkered, self-serving attitude we fully expect to hear from dyed-in-the-wool trade unionists.