AT IT'S last conference, the NUM voted to demand the minimum wage of E115 per week for sur an increase of E27 per week, and flatcalled for next Monday to decide on the NUM's response to the coal-boards 8 and of October. MARK HUNTER, at Welbeck Colliery. Nottinghamshire, discusses the major issues in the NUM claim that have been ignored by the press and the kind of campaign that is needed in the pits bloke like this hasn't go long to live. He should be able to retire on full pay, not have to carry on working on the coal face till he drops.
Early retirement would also create jobs for the youth in the villages, at the moment there's nothing for them. You see all the kids sat knocking about, if you're unemployed in a pit Village you STATIO chance four-day week would only make things a lot better for a create thousands of jobs for the unemployed kids.
paign the pits now, all that's coming in is from the garbage press.
There's a lot of confusion about what we're asking LUT Mark Hunter We need a big campast eatens and on. Not but well. canteen We need more infor meetings as mation We can't expect the members to back the union if they don't know what's going on.
We need to turn the list of priorities upside down. The WeEk, JObs and pit carly retirement and rate protec ton - Inese should be at the top of the list. These "YESSEC the Toron has to campaign