(30 Oct 2014, 7:30 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Shrewsbury 24...Is that the campaign Ricky Tomlinson supports after he and some of his pals were sent to jail in the 70's and isnt all this coming at a time when some staunch trade unionists were supposedly blacklisted by building firms to keep troublemakers away or at least make it difficult for them to find employment...
Orgreave was shocking, but I reckon Arthur Scargill brought a bit trouble on by himself, just by being there, if I remember correctly Scargill was centre stage and end up with the polis pinching him...
The Rise and Fall of Arthur Scargill
What a difference 30 years makes, Scargill is now supposedly a recluse with very little friends...
I dunno mate... I guess if I was in the same situation on the picket line, I'd want my general secretary standing in front and leading the membership. It wouldn't happen these days of course, with the mass restrictions on Trade Unions and picketing. I've stood and taken abuse on picket lines, and you literally can't say a thing back to them, or you'll be hauled in for breaching picketing laws. Of course those abusing you would only be ticked off under the public order act.
Ricky Tomlinson was one of the pickets arrested in Shrewsbury, and fronts the Shrewsbury 24 campaign. He spoke during a fringe event at my union's conference this year, and there was standing room only.