| 1 | Some of the union members did not want to picket. | |
| 2 | Small gatherings picketed outside the school buildings. | |
| 3 | The crowd protested the Catholic Church's role in the passage of Proposition 8. The picketers' presence upset some parishioners. | |
| 4 | The union's funds had also run too low to pay for pickets' transportation and many miners had been unable to pay for heating over the winter. | |
| 5 | Police attempted to stop pickets travelling between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, an action which led to many protests. |