On Dec 31 2011, 9:09*am, Steve Firth wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
* *hugh ] wrote:
But how many of those eligible to vote were at that meeting?

Never actually counted them but in those days the meetings were
generally held in the open air just off site during lunch breaks so I
guess the turn out would be pretty high.

If, as is claimed, there was massive successful intimidation, surely those
wimps who couldn't stand up for themselves would simply stay away from the
meeting?

Those who did stand up for themselves in King Arthur's. Coal War continue
to suffer abuse and ostracism to this day. Calling those who didn't want to
see their families suffering because the bread winner was "a scab" wimps
shows a massive lack of understanding on your part or a massive dose of
cynicism if you were actually aware of how dissenters within the unions are
treated.

Bricks through your window on a daily basis tend to cause even strong
independent individuals to toe the line.

That is true. I have seen it myself. In the S Wales coalfields it is
carried down the generations, even though the mines are long closed.
The scabs and non scabs have to live in separate places. And their
children and grandchildren.

These Welsh know how to hold a grudge.