Template:Did you know nominations/Oakwood (HM Prison)
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The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 02:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Oakwood (HM Prison)
edit*... that the Prison Officers Association threatened to strike when it was announced that both Birmingham and Oakwood Prisons were to be contracted to security company G4S?
- Reviewed: Wah-Wah (George Harrison song)
Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 01:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Length and date fine, adequate referencing, I found no copyvios. The hook is basically referenced; my only concern is with the term "threatened to strike." The source says the army was on standby in case of a strike, but the source also has the head of the Prison Officers Association saying "although it was illegal for prison officers to strike they could use other forms of industrial action such as refusing to work overtime." So it doesn't seem that a strike per se was threatened. Maybe use
- ALT1 ... that the Prison Officers Association threatened a job action when it was announced that both Birmingham and Oakwood Prisons were to be contracted to security company G4S? Rlendog (talk) 02:56, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
