By the way I understood that manual tradesmen (artisans) earned far more in the US than the UK because the mafia controlled the unions. Have I got that wrong? Ray Green, Harrow, Middlesex
I'd say you've got that very wrong. I'm a union journeyman (sheet metal), daughter of a union pipefitter, who was son of a union coal miner, and we've never seen evidence of Mafia involvement. My dad did leave the Teamsters union because of its mob involvement
Marie Autrey