Yes the tories were in power. The ordinary people banded together to form unions and collectively tackle some bosses who were really authoritarian and dictatorial. “How dare the ordinary workers insist on fairness? It is we the upper class who know what’s good for them and we should say what they have and do not have!”. No wonder ordinary folk enter a bit of fair play from the ruling classes. Many were considered militant just for wanting some fair play. That’s how the unions were born. I remember at night school at college during my apprenticeship. A maths teacher stated “your employer pays you so he owns you” and when I responded with “ oh no he does not own me, I am not a slave, he owns my work I do for him in a conscientious manner in a fair way, he does not own me!” I was considered radical. Women got paid less because they were women, not because they did less work or were less skilled, even a lot of women thought that was the correct way because it had always been that way. Yes there were a few hot heads who wanted everything for nothing, however the majority of ordinary working folk wanted a decent pay for decent work and were quite happy to work for their bosses. In fact a few of my old bosses became millionaires and years after leaving them we were still all friendly. The bosses always wanted to pay a bit less and the workers always wanted to be paid a bit more, some bosses were very strict but still quite fair and were very much respected by the whole workforce.
