The local factory willclose down soon, unless sales pick up.
They had toclose the minedown as it was in a dangerous condition.
2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, inRAIL, number972, page46:
Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening toclose down the entire network, they caved in.
