But those on each side of the dispute acknowledge that it was only an initial skirmish in a wider struggle.
Together, they raised the issue of the police brutality against the miners strike and the wider struggle for equality in South Africa.
He made clear, better than ever, why winning in Iraq is so important to the wider struggle against Islamo-fascism.
Yet a wide struggle between interests, groups and ideas is not only conceivable - it is inevitable.
The workplace has a vital role to play in the wider struggle to control the pandemic.
It engages in wider political struggles for human rights, social justice and democracy.
Sion and the district of the Valais were constantly drawn into wider struggles.
And in their struggle is a symbol of a wider struggle.
"If" the international community could see the struggle for security in Iraq as part of the wider global struggle against terrorism.
LeT sees the issue of Kashmir as part of a wider global struggle.