NUM leaders have refused to get out of police armoured vehicles to address workers." Others have also argued that NUM's membership numbers are inflated and, now, as a result of the strikes in the North West, its membership likely stands at around 150,000.
Numerous NUM members have declined to step out of their police-protected vehicles for worker meetings. Simultaneously, some argue that NUM’s reported membership is inflated, and due to recent strikes in the North West, its actual membership might be around 150,000.