1.   But the Rev. Ian Paisley, head of the most militant unionist party, said he would now demand that the party be excluded.

2.   Included among their demands are the reinstatement of dismissed militant unionists, abolition of wage guidelines and guaranteed union rights for teachers and civil servants.

3.   Included among their demands were the reinstatement of dismissed militant unionists, abolishment of wage guidelines and guarantee of union rights for teachers and government employees.

4.   But hundreds of militant unionists have held out atop a half-completed gas tanker and cranes, defying the lockout order.

5.   Federation leaders said they would organize protest rallies across the nation at the weekend, joined by dissidents and militant unionists.

6.   Like many militant unionists, McMurray suspects a secret deal was made between the British government and the nationalists in return for the IRA ceasefire.

7.   The more militant unionists are often referred to as loyalists.