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On 18/07/2015 00:03, Rod Speed wrote:


Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote

I personally have never been involved in any form of industrial
action
which didn't start at grass roots level. If my union 'head office'
had
attempted to start industrial action for some form of political or
whatever reason they'd have been sacked by the members.

Clearly wasn't the case with Scargill so your
personal experience is completely irrelevant.

Scargill had changed the rules in the num so the members couldn't sack
him.

True.

How does that work when you run the industry into the ground such that your
union no longer has any members :-)

tim