Lixeiras sindicais

Quando os sindicatos andavam à solta no reino do sua Majestade

Antes de Thatcher, a lixeira também cobria as ruas de Londres...

PSD quer esclarecimentos sobre lixo em Lisboa

Os cantoneiros do município de Lisboa estão em greve desde terça-feira. A paralisação, em protesto contra a transferência de competências da Câmara para as juntas de freguesia, prolonga-se até 5 de janeiro — in Jornal de Notícias, 30/12/2013, 14:51.

No Reino Unido, antes de Margaret Thatcher ter posto o país nos eixos e acabar com a chantagem sindical, também era assim... Não haverá nenhum candidato indígena a acabar com a lixeira? Em que situação fica o turismo de Lisboa depois desta pessegada? Os alfacinhas, pelos vistos, não se incomodam, nem protestam, por aí além. Sofrem bovinamente, como o resto país, os jogos de guerra entre os beneficiários oportunistas do regime :(

Before Thatcher Came To Power, The UK Was Literally Covered In Gigantic Piles Of Garbage

Margaret Thatcher came to lead the U.K. in 1979 after a series of disputes between the government and Britain's then-powerful trade unions.

The new British Prime Minister set out to wage war on what she saw was the "enemy within" the U.K., and many people supported her in this fight.

To understand why Thatcher had this support, check out these photos of central London from 1979s "Winter of Discontent", which show trash piling up on the streets after U.K.'s dustmen (a.k.a. garbage collectors) went on strike.

It's worth bearing in mind that Leicester Square is pretty much the epicenter of London's glamorous West End — a tourism hot spot where movie premieres are held.

These photos show the incredible effect the unions (and union strikes) had on the average citizen's life, and — amazingly — they occurred under Thatcher's predecessor, Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan, a left-wing leader who relied on the union's support!

Just a few months after these photos were taken, Callaghan lost a confidence vote in the House of Commons and was obliged to call an election. Thatcher was voted in to power in the U.K., and the Conservative Party enjoyed 18 years of government.

Read more: Business Insider.