I was there in the 70s and remember it very well , you are talking absolute bollox , strikes were politically motivated, there was a definite anti union bias amongst the general public , and I am speaking as someone who supports the southern rail strikers and whose family were on strike for a...
Rubbish , union leaders were literally household names in the 70s , they led politically motivated disputes that nearly finished this country, anti union feeling was strong way before the last miners strike.