1 The union submitted a wage claim for a 9% rise.

2 We've decided to negotiate with the employers about our wage claim.

3 The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week.

4 The union will engage in negotiations with the employers in an attempt to persuade them that the wage claim is justified.

5 In the summer of 1953 the union carried out strikes and go-slows in support of a wage claim, but were locked out.

6 Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle: they must stand firm over their wage claim.