Tributes

Remembering Rodney Bickerstaffe: A trade union titan who changed our lives for the better

Kevin Maguire, The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/trade-union-titan-who-changed-11280337 Rodney Bickerstaffe was proof you could disagree without being disagreeable. Nobody who met or knew ...
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Tribute from International Brigade Memorial Trust

Though known mainly as one of the most influential trade union leaders of his generation, Rodney Bickerstaffe, who died on ...
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Tribute from Cuba Solidarity Campaign

Rodney Bickerstaffe, a wonderful friend to the people of Cuba: See the full tribute at https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/3496/rodney-bickerstaffe-a-wonderful-friend-to-the-people-of-cuba On behalf of the ...
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UNISON tribute from Dave Prentis

Rodney Bickerstaffe – former General Secretary of both UNISON and NUPE – died today (Tuesday). UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis ...
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Guardian obituary

'One of the most important trade union leaders of the 1980s and 90s who served as the general secretary of ...
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