O/T - general election 2019

[CASPER-64-FRANK]

No, my grandfather worked there. To his dying day he maintained that the picketing cost him his job. Bearing in mind that whilst the picketing was on Hadfields workers were put on basic rate, no chance of any production bonuses.

Working men killing the jobs of other working men, now that is poor.

Not enough demand for Steel could have contributed to your Grandfather losing his job. I also had relatives at Hadfields and BSC.
The orders Hadfields gained when BSC was on strike didn't do too much good, when BSC workers went back to work the lost orders came back with them.Hadfields made almost 2k redundant not too long after that steel strike and finally closed in 1983, two years after the strike.

Divide and conquer.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Not enough demand for Steel could have contributed to your Grandfather losing his job. I also had relatives at Hadfields and BSC.
The orders Hadfields gained when BSC was on strike didn't do too much good, when BSC workers went back to work the lost orders came back with them.Hadfields made almost 2k redundant not too long after that steel strike and finally closed in 1983, two years after the strike.

Divide and conquer.

Ah well, fair enough

[Exiletyke]

Did you know Kerr worked at Hadfields during the strike?

[KerrAvon]

Not enough demand for Steel could have contributed to your Grandfather losing his job. I also had relatives at Hadfields and BSC.
The orders Hadfields gained when BSC was on strike didn't do too much good, when BSC workers went back to work the lost orders came back with them.Hadfields made almost 2k redundant not too long after that steel strike and finally closed in 1983, two years after the strike.

Divide and conquer.

But who was doing the dividing in the 70s and early 80s? See below for my take on it.