Very true words Len because there where and are some real hard workers amongst the unions doing a good job but unfortunatly there are those in high profile unions that have been rorting the system. No mention is made of the coal face union delegate that has to sort out problems between the workers and managment. Mind you have come across a few of them that could rearrange the facts of a meeting when reporting back to the work force but that seemed to happen later on in my working life and in general around the 70's to early 80's found most of them looked after their members. Still maintain that politicians where instrumental in weaking the unions because they where getting to strong and where in fact nearly becoming a political party in their own right and establishment did not want another party at the national trough. Just think of it this way? years ago a blue collar worker was able to become elected to parliment and many did. How many from grass roots non academic workers can you name as politicians now. They all seem to be either uni educated, ex teachers or high standing people and look at the sh8t these so called educated idiots have got us all into. What was the saying they use? Pay us peanuts and you get monkeys. Well we are paying larger peanuts now and getting larger monkeys.
That's the way the mop flops.
My thanks to Brian for this site.
