Dave Meuse, Daw Mill
Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) branch secretary, said: "May 31 was the end of the 90-day consultation period - during that period we were on 60 per cent of basic salary.
But there was only going to be one winner once the hugely-influential Nottinghamshire miners broke away to form the core of the rival
Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
As branch secretary of the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers, Mr Meuse is now helping to negotiate redundancy terms for his 400 members.
So I'm pleased with the four-year jail sentence handed down to Neil Greatrex, former leader of the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers, for the theft of almost pounds 150,000 from an elderly pitmen's care fund.
Neil Greatrex, 61, a former
Union of Democratic Mineworkers president, was locked up for four years.
A FORMER president of the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers has been found guilty of stealing thousands of pounds from a miners' care home charity.
The court heard that Beresford and Smith made arrangements with the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers and its support company, Vendside, that breached solicitors' practice rules.
South Yorkshire Police are already investigating the role of the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) in the pounds 7.5bn scheme, which has paid out more than pounds 710m in the North-East alone.
It wants to know how officials and employees of the tiny
Union of Democratic Mineworkers, Mrs Thatcher's pet union, benefited from the scheme.
The investigation will examine the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers' role in a pounds 7.5bn programme set up by the Department of Trade and Industry to compensate sick miners and their families.
The ballot follows the National Union of Mineworkers' rejection of a three-year pay deal linked to inflation and already accepted by the anti-strike
Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
President of the
Union of Democratic Mineworkers, Neil Greatrex, said the planned changes would have to be discussed and agreed - or "they will not happen".