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dave4-
That was oil and was the reason diesels became popular in Europe. (Thanks Peugeot)
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Apologies, I'd phrased it very badly - comes of hopping between doing work and procrastinating on forums.
Unions did cause a lot of problems in terms of rigid working conditions and archaic practises though. UK car industry died by not innovating, UK film industry was a joke when unions wouldn't let crew work a second longer than agreed hours, etc etc. The solution brought upon them by the Thatcher era was decimating and horrific of course; an utter demolition of their powers and hence their basic goal of protecting workers.
Emyr
bashthebox
I'd say that's the entrenched view of a lot of people who lived through the 70s, where powerful unions helped to stagnate industry and services at a time of low investment and recession - and who also genuinely believe that Thatcher's way of dealing with them was the best for the country.