MIKE WOOTTON
MIKE WOOTTON

There was a time quite some years ago before Margaret Thatcher emasculated the trade unions in the UK, when I had the job of negotiating incentive schemes with the unions on large multi contractor construction sites. I dealt with the union convenor for the 10,000-man site, with shop stewards, with bonus stewards and with national officials. Those guys who mostly did not have any university degrees, nor much else in the way of academic credentials were competent, intelligent and resourceful and many became household names and had the ability to challenge government at very senior levels. Through that challenge process they gained publicity so that people understood what their views were.

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