Behind the scenes, he helped devise and finance a strike-breaking strategy by giving active support to those who wanted to get back to their pits.

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The airline asked why, if strike-breaking was the aim, it had involved the TUC and the conciliation service Acas to try to reach a negotiated settlement with the union in the dispute with cabin crew.

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The government was in court within hours seeking an injunction to stop the strike - the POA has admitted breaking a "no-strike" deal but said it was a desperate move by demoralised staff in overcrowded jails.

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It is widely assumed that it would strike down any law openly breaking with one tradition of German taxation: that corporate- and income-tax rates must be about the same.

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Derbyshire turned provider moments later, breaking free inside the box and squaring to his strike partner Cameron Jerome, who miskicked horribly with the goal at his mercy.

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As 2010 has unfurled and we have seen Athens ablaze in May and workers on strike elsewhere it has been claimed by many wise economic heads that the chaos of breaking up the Euro would be too costly to bear?

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