"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Tom
writes
Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the
unions in their place.


As the Unions were representing the average working man, what you really
mean is "she did a great job of getting the working man in his place"


This is OT for the newsgroup but I would like to say that you have
obviously never worked in or for a closed shop nor can you evidently
remember the 1960's when union pressure meant men HAD to strike or risk
getting kicked out of their job or worse, even though they were happy to
go to work.

Secondary picketing and a lot of violence was the norm and pretty soul
destroying for many workers.
Janet Tweedy

Or the idiocy of coming out on strike because there is not enough sugar in
the tea (Ford Dagenham)

Jenny