tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post8765885363986751880..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: In praise of strikesPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-4740700581971067282009-03-26T23:55:00.000+00:002009-03-26T23:55:00.000+00:00"There is something deeply strange about the Trade..."There is something deeply strange about the Trades Union movement": one of the things I've always found strangest is the way that journalists used to assert that Trades Unionism was somehow more natural in heavy industry without explaining why. A major cause was that it was easier to police the Union monopoly in an industry where it was easy to maim or kill a worker and pass it off as an industrial accident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com