What about the miriad of underground specialists; rollywaymen, loco drivers, pipemen, ropemen, timber lads etc, do they all come under datal? What about us, electricians and fitters?
Piecework had changed by my time, productivity bonus was paid to faceworkers for number of shears, or advance of the face for a production unit. Headings by metres advance. Then those closely associated with the face got 100% same as the faceworkers (me!). Outbye of the face, i.e. timber lads for the face 60% or some percentage. Backbye not allocated to a face a percentage of the colliery average ... it went on and on complex and lots of bickering about bonus!
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