The British disease.(the power of trade unions, state of British labor at the start of Margaret Thatcher's term)(includes related articles union corruption)

From: Canada and the World Backgrounder | Date: December 1, 1997 | Copyright information

The 1964 election of the British Labor Party strengthened what was already a highly influential labor movement. The ensuing laws were responsible for much of the stagnation and inefficiency in the economy inherited by Margaret Thatcher when she took office in 1979.

Trade union aren't always white knights going into battle on behalf of the little guy; during the 1970's unions in Britain had so much power they brought down a democratically elected government, and violence and corrupt...

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