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The disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29—million working days lost. estimates for todays strike suggest the total for 2022 could be 2—million. in may 1979, a conservative government led by margaret thatcher was elected and, within months, it passed new laws to limit the power of trade unions. theyve certainly become less influential. they became less influential from the 1980s to the 2010s. i believe theyre becoming more influential now. just as in 1979, todays strikes ar...

The disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29—million working days lost. estimates for todays strike suggest the total for 2022 could be 2—million. in may 1979, a conservative government led by margaret thatcher was elected and, within months, it passed new laws to limit the power of trade unions. theyve certainly become less influential. they became less influential from the 19805 to the 20105. i believe theyre becoming more influential now. just as in 1979, todays strikes ar...

Very similar to the 20205 where we are today. the disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29—million working days lost. estimates for todays strike suggest the total for 2022 could be 2—million. in may 1979, a conservative government led by margaret thatcher was elected and, within months, it passed new laws to limit the power of trade unions. theyve certainly become less influential. they became less influential from the 19805 to the 20105. i believe theyre becoming more influ...

Of the high levels of inflation in britain in the 1970s — very similar to the 2020s, where we are today. the disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29 million working days lost. estimates for todays strikes suggest the total for 2022 could be 2 million. in may 1979, the conservative government led by margaret thatcher was elected, and within months, it passed new laws to limit the power of trade unions. theyve certainly become less influential, and they became less influential f...

Of the high levels of inflation in britain in the 1970s — very similar to the 2020s, where we are today. the disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29 million working days lost. estimates for today�*s strikes suggest the total for 2022 could be 2 million. in may 1979, the conservative government led by margaret thatcher was selected. was selected, led by margaret thatcher was elected, and within months, it passed new laws to limit the power of trade unions. theyve certainly be...

Thanks, see you at the top of the hour. record setting stock market, a recovery in housing, a boom in energy but where are the jobs? good morning, everyone. im christine romans. the economy is doing better and analysts have been raising estimates for first quarter economic performance but the resilience is not translating into faster job growth. last month the economy created just 88,000 net new jobs, far short of the expectation. the unemployment rate dropped to 7.6%. but thats because nearly 5...

Ed henry breaks down the budget. but we begin with chief washington correspondent james rosen on jobs. good evening, james. >> chris, good evening. economists say the only reason the jobless rate ticked down was because more americans gave up looking for work. bringing down the number of people officially counted as unemployed. >> the bureau of labor statistics reports the american workforce, the total number of americans working or looking for work shrank by nearly half a million people last mo...

So the bureau of labor statistics reported that the civilian labor force in march shrank by almost half a million people. share of americans looking for work now stands at 63% down slightly to its lowest level since may 1979, the jimmy carter era. the retail industry took a big hit in march losing 24,000 jobs that followed a six-month stretch where on average retail was adding 32,000 jobs a month. lets look who is bearing the brunt of the placebo recovery. for adult men, adult women and white pe...

>> reporter: the man known as the dean of the civil rights movement calls the inaugural benediction one of the most memorable of his long career. thats saying a lot for a man who helped plan the montgomery bus boycott and lived to tell about the riots that followed kings death. but the one event lowery calls the most important of his life, it happened in decatur, alabama, may, 1979, during his 20-year reign, they were opposing the conviction of a man convicted of rape and fleeing the scene in a ...

>> reporter: but the one event lowery calls the most important of his life. it happened in decatur, alabama, may 1979 during his 20-year reign as president of the christian leadership conference. they were there to protest the conviction of a mentally challenged man of tommy lee hines convicted of rape and fleeing the scene in a car. >> tommy couldnt ride a bike. he didnt have the coordination, the motor control, you know, between mind and body. to ride a car, to drive a car. let alone to ride a...