BUSMEN were set to stage a lightning strike if Blackburn's transport department tried to 'pick them off.'
They had been told to stop work immediately if transport bosses issued letters offering them jobs with new pay and conditions under deregulation plans.
The Blackburn branch of Britain's biggest union, the TGWU, instructed members to walk off the job to attend an emergency meeting if the letters were sent.
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