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ashgray · 24-03-2010, 11:47

People seem to forget what the trade unions did for the working man in the past ie: safer working conditions,paid holidays,shorter working week,help in compensation for accidents at work etc etc.
I've noticed over the years since thatchers day the power of the trade unions getting weaker and along with it the rights of the ordinary working man,ie:having to work longer hours,having to work bank holidays,more people having to work for minimum wage because there work place won't allow trade unions who will fight for a better wage,men on the dole having to watch foreigners in britain doing the jobs they can do.
I lived and worked in the 70's and i'll tell you this i'd sooner live and work in the britain of the 70's than brown or camerons britain of the 2010's.

24-03-2010, 11:47	#14
ashgray Permanently Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 136	Re: Back to the 1970s? People seem to forget what the trade unions did for the working man in the past ie: safer working conditions,paid holidays,shorter working week,help in compensation for accidents at work etc etc. I've noticed over the years since thatchers day the power of the trade unions getting weaker and along with it the rights of the ordinary working man,ie:having to work longer hours,having to work bank holidays,more people having to work for minimum wage because there work place won't allow trade unions who will fight for a better wage,men on the dole having to watch foreigners in britain doing the jobs they can do. I lived and worked in the 70's and i'll tell you this i'd sooner live and work in the britain of the 70's than brown or camerons britain of the 2010's.