1.   Can a union have exclusive access to school mail facilities?

2.   The unions have a lot of political muscle.

3.   The union has close relations with the Labour Party.

4.   The union had to agree to certain givebacks in order to save the jobs of all its members.

5.   The official unions will have to compete directly with Solidarity for members, so they want to land the first blows.

6.   But this union does have a good track record in campaigning for young people.

7.   Last night, a local official, John Kydd, said the union would have to reconsider its position fairly swiftly.

8.   The unions had almost no influence on the factory floor and were ineffective in collective bargaining.