In modest praise of… Bob Crow, RIP
If Bob Crow had had an Irish double in the trade union movement he would have found a way to duck any sort of social partnership that limited his capacity to negotiate for his members, and shrug off the inevitable offence taken by his union colleagues. He kept it simple. He was out for everything he could get for his members, and as much as it caused officials in rival unions to grumble into their pints at the bar at …