LEADER 02848oam 22005894a 450 001 9910822343603321 005 20170914173006.0 010 $a1-5261-2417-3 010 $a1-5261-0028-2 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526100283 035 $a(CKB)3710000001140242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4833933 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721800 035 $a(OCoLC)1085661599 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse72898 035 $a(DE-B1597)679037 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526100283 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001140242 100 $a20181221e20182017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter$eA political biography /$fGregor Gall 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2018 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2020 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-5261-0029-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 242-245) and index. 327 $aFormative years -- The 1990s -- Becoming RMT general secretary -- Second term as general secretary -- Last term of office -- Person and personal life -- Politics and practice -- Perception and practice -- Legacy and legend. 330 $aBob Crow was the most high-profile and militant union leader of his generation. This biography focuses on his leadership of the RMT union, examining and exposing a number of popular myths created about him by political opponents. Using the schema of his personal characteristics (including his public persona), his politics and the power of his members, it explains how and why he was able to punch above his weight in industrial relations and on the political stage, helping the small RMT union become as influential as many of its much larger counterparts. As RMT leader, Crow oversaw a rise in membership and promoted a more assertive and successful bargaining approach. While he failed to unite all socialists into one new party, he established himself as the leading popular critic of neo-liberalism, 'New' Labour and the age of austerity. 606 $aLabor unions$zGreat Britain$xOfficials and employees$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$2fast 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aBob Crow. 610 $aCommunism. 610 $aRail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union. 610 $aSocialism. 610 $aTrade unionism. 610 $aUnion leader. 615 0$aLabor unions$xOfficials and employees 676 $a331.88092 700 $aGall$b Gregor$0924616 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822343603321 996 $aBob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter$94023773 997 $aUNINA