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Seeking to put average pay for its members on level with local pay scales---and regain losses in pay relative to non-supervisory employees in recent years---British mine supervisors trade union Nacods is planning to strike UK Coal a week from today. The announcement comes as the British government is debating whether to give further aid to the mining group, which lost over $38.5 million last year in spite of $30 million in state aid. Although UK Coal has claimed that eighty-five percent of its employees were willing to accept its two percent pay raise offer for the year, Nacods General Secretary Ian Parker has said that eighty-two percent of the union’s membership voted to hold a one-day strike and support further industrial action if necessary.