pittston wanted to jettison their retirees and their widows from health care plan. they actually believed that are active members would support the retirees and the widows. they totally miscalculated. i tried to explain it to them and they wouldn't listen, and they really, they're going to do with the health care fund and we could not allow that to happen because if pittston -- if it's now done away with it, probably close to half a million workers in the industry that depended on the mine workers health care plan would have lost their health care. my mother and dad, both of them at that time would have been included in the. but everybody else's mother and dad. we took a hard line and said no, you're not going to do that. it was a 15 month strike, not a single mine worker crossed the picket line back them. then. we engaged in peaceful, civil disobedience. it was a very, very confrontational strike that ended up being -- making worldwide news. everybody in your new. even russia, people like that are we've ended up winning the strike. we had tremendous support. this i

they really were going to do with health care fund and we couldn't allow that to happen because if pittston done away with it, publicly close to half a million workers in the industry that depended on the mine workers health care plan would have lost their health care. my mother and dad both of them at that time would have been included in that. but everybody else's mother. so we took a hard line and said you were not going to do that. it was a 15 month strike, not a single mine worker crossed the picket line back then. we engaged in peaceful, civil disobedience. it was a very, very confrontational strike that ended up being, making worldwide news. everybody in europe new. even russia, people like that knew it. we ended up winning the strike. we have tremendous support. this is an interesting thing. at the end of that strike in the state of virginia, or the commonwealth of virginia, excuse me, it was one of the most conservative states in the union at that time. may still be, i'm not sure, i think it's changing. 94% of the populace in virginia supported us in saying that we should be able t