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Old 21-03-2010, 17:45   #62
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Re: Unions flexing their muscles again

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates View Post
I must point out that in the '50s it was necessary to be a Trade Union member - if you weren't then you didn't get a job.
Though this changed after 1964, because of the ruling after the Rookes vs. Barnard case.

Before that of course, if you were vehemently opposed to becoming a union member, in those halcyon days of full employment, you could have picked a line of work that didn't require union membership.

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