and protection forced to take lower paid jobs due to injury, iliness or age.
The NCB reponded with an offer of £4.25 on basic for surface workers and f6 for. face workers. The rest of the alleged 9.13 per cent ofter made up by the industrv's productivity scheme the miners should pay their own wage rise! Lastly, there is an insulting *loyalty bonus', with a maximum £70 for miners with over 25 years in the industry.
The offer has of earnings for men Derbyshire NUM, says *Nine Der cent is totally unacceptable, near the rate of inflation. And just as important, in my opinion, is the rest of une cial — ine our ud' week the salary ald Sulicilic.
'Why should we lose money when we're sick or on holiday? And rate protection God knows how many older men have killslogging away at the than their money Socialist challenge)
Scargill: policies not personality doesn't necessarily mean either a strike or that the full claim will automatically be won.
Many NUM leaders see ready • to repeat these tacThe press campaign jection ,offer will need to be combatted.
But as Alan Harrison says, the last word will be with the rank and file union members:
'The men will back the union and reject the offer. Scargill's win was becaus of his policies not just his personality. But a strike could be touch ,and go unless the officials at area fingers out and put it on level really their the line.
'The government's not going to change its mind. So it's either strike or let them walk all over us. That's the men should be thinking abou when they vote.
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