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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 15. July 3 1978

No Strike-Pay

No Strike-Pay

The workers received no strike-pay from the union, and had to survive on their savings and government food stamps (which were eventually cut off). Relief committees were set up to give aid to desperate cases.

The strike took place in the middle of a bitter winter freeze-up and snow storms. The mine bosses withdrew the card entitling the miners to free medical care - a serious threat to workers in a country where medical treatment has to be paid for and costs enormous sums.