Derek Robinson obituary - 1927 - 2017: Former British Leyland worker and trade unionist.
NICKNAMED Red Robbo, Derek Robinson became one of the most famous trade unionists of the 1970s and as the shop stewards’ convener at British Leyland was the man responsible for no fewer than 523 walkouts at the car giant’s Longbridge plant in Birmingham between in the late 70s. Express.
This man did so very much to ensure the continued election of
Margaret Thatcher!
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