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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He denied having a strategy to force workers out on strike purely so he could fire them.

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At the very foundation is entrepreneurship, the ability to strike out and take a new idea, strategy or approach to market.

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The filing, in a nutshell, was a preemptive strike to try to prevent a potential legal strategy the union may use in a couple weeks.

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At the National Football League, the players union has been positioning to decertify, a strategy it successfully used after its failed strike in 1987.

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Among other things, this strategy has meant holding on to shows like 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights, which have failed to strike ratings gold in their first year on the air.

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