Socialist Action1986Socialist Action No. 129, 31 January 1986Leicestershire rejects the UDM
Socialist Action No. 129, 31 January 1986 · p. 11 of the scan · 147 words
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NO THE NUM gained a tremendous boost last Friday when miners in the Leicestershire area voted by ballot to remain in the national union. This though all but 30 out of the 2,200 strong workforce had worked throughout the last strike. The 885 to 490 vote was a body blow to the attempts of the scab of Democratic Mineworkers' to extend their influence beyond their base in Nottinghamshire.
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