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  DT1 And gary
  great postings, we may not fully agree, gary i have been an active trade unionist for 29 years or more(still am)
  
  Yep maggie always made it no secret she wanted to smash the NUM and the trade unions in general.
  
  Certainly ballots in local pits were far from democratic if you believe in democracy, at the end of the day everyone has a right to an opinion, but clearly the view locally was to push this strike through.
  it was a tactical mistake, and had wider implications for us in other unions
  
  I visited/donated to many soup kitchens and on the picket lines
  
  but many of us in trade unions watched closely, and supported NUM
  and modernised.

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