We have had discussion about the "Winter of Discontent" and other instances of union actons in the UK. But how real is this threat that the unions will somehow disrupt life and seek to dominate government? Well firstly there haven't been that many strikes in the UK- Wiki has a list en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strikes
and US strikes dominate it. Secondly some of the strikes here were viciously and violently suppressed by police action- both the printers and the miners suffered. So why do people fear these otganisations that were set up to improve the lot of the working man (and woman). Is the threat real or just media hype?
Warning- don't get hooked on the list- some of the details like the Burston Strike School are fascinating!
Tommy Robinson arrested. Police using their existing powers