[7], Authorities were unsure of how to proceed. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? With 80 grave diggers on strike in total, Liverpool City Council hired a factory in Speke to store the corpses until they could be buried. The government announced a limit on wage rises of 6 per week for all workers earning under 8,500 a year on July 11 and the TUC general council soon voted in favour of the proposals. A man wearing a gas mask, among huge piles of rubbish, during a strike by dustcart drivers in Glasgow, 5th March 1975. The miserable power cuts, grey cold miserable days and even greyer colder miserable days and then along came Thatcher and it just got worse. That kept me entertained for hours. Bin Men on Strike 1970's | Subcultures and muses A detailed look into designers, sub cultures, consumers, muses and other socio-cultural and politcal aspects of the later half of the 20th century Bin Men on Strike 1970's Posted on March 19, 2011 by lauramartin1 Standard Bin men general strike 1978- 1979 known as the winter of discontent. The nice thing about electricity shortages was that they were announced on the wireless, by area, beforehand. National newspapers reported extensively on any real or potential effects of the strikes, casting the protests as the work of callous union militants and accusing strikers of targeting amongst others sick children. Living Rent members alongside cleansing workers and members of the GMB will be outside City Chambers on SaturdayOctober 23 to demand investment in cleansing services and investment in the key workers who keep our streets clean. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Learn more about how you can collaborate with us. It is the rate of increase in prices for goods and services. After two weeks of strike action, the gravediggers accepted a 14% increase and returned to work. This strike against the federal government, regarded as illegal, was the largest wildcat strike in U.S. Next, read about the Failed Sewer Strike of 1971 and the Flour Riot of 1837. Ambulance drivers were particularly opposed to the deal in both unions. 27 kwietnia. And Leeds were in the 1st division where they are now.Rodney Thornton, Leeds UK, In January and February of 1974, because of a strike by Britain's miners, the government imposed a three-day working week and rationed electricity supplies.
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