the bosses' right to hire and fire, they showed their true colours and sided with the bosses. After the loss of Woodgate Valley, the men were feeling deeply demoralised and did not know what was going on. They were not sure what they should be doing to fight against the union officals and therefore the chance of a fresh upsurge of militancy seemed pretty dim. However the Charter are not prepared to give up and are explaining, the workers are able to use the Social Security as a means of avoiding such hardship. According to an article in the Evening News (5 July) : "This was what wrecked the Goverement's calculations this spring. They simply assumed that the miners would be back at work before the stockpiles ran out. Not so."
The Red MoleThe Red Mole Vol. 3, No. 46, 24 July 1972
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