I posted a few days ago as to what i suspected DH was reporting on when he talked about numbers.
If a striker, erm, struck on 3 diff occasions, chances are they put in 3 separate claims. Just because UNITE have 6500 claims does not in anyway mean that 6500 people struck - just that they have 6500 instances of strike claims. Working regularly with numbers and database/excel queries i could warn DH of the perils of not correctly uniquely identifying individuals
I also stated that in no way were there more than 5000 claims - a statement which some of the BASSA folk on here refuted, but i'm happy to say it looks like i was right. If i was to really go out on a limb, the number will be closer to 4000. Still not insignificant, but not what the BASSA hardcore will want to hear.