Preparing the Tube for Privatisation
From the time Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979, the government and its lackeys in London Underground's management launched attack after attack on the Tube and its workers. These attacks helped to prepare London Underground for privatisation. They also provoked fightbacks from Tube workers and our unions. Some won, some lost, all provided lessons that we could have learned from for our fight against PPP. THE TORIES MEANT BUSINESS The transport strikes of the 70s and 80s were the only force that Thatcher could not stop. She stockpiled coal and imported it from abroad to break the...