World War I resulted in a further increase in union membership, as well as widespread recognition of unions and their increased involvement in management.
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Margaret Thatcher's governments weakened the powers of the unions in the 1980s, in particular by making it more difficult to strike legally, and some within the British trades union movement criticised Tony Blair's Labour government for not reversing some of Thatcher's changes.
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