FOR the second time this year, D Rothery has spewed out his right wing, Tory diatribe against the trade unions at the Cowley car works.

I recall his past letters that tell of the Utopian memories he has of his career at the works during the thirties.

My father, mother and uncles also worked at Cowley, in the late twenties, thirties and onward. Their memories of the working conditions and pay at Cowley were far less complimentary than his.

They recalled incidents of industrial action by groups of workers in the twenties and thirties. Not all the participants were union members. This then shows that his recollections are less than accurate.

His portrayal of the Nuffield organisation being a Utopian employer is a view through rose-coloured glasses.

If the progress of the working class had been left to the likes of Mr Rothery, we would still be living in the Dark Ages and subject to the Conservatives’ exploitation.

Dave Robinson, Meaden Hill, Headington