The Mick Whelan One
The train drivers' union boss claims victory after two years of strikes.
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · BBC Radio 4
September 19, 202437m 43s
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Show Notes
Mick Whelan is General Secretary of Aslef, the union representing train drivers.
He sits down with Nick on the week that his members voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, bringing to an end two years of strike action.
Whelan reflects on growing up in working class West London and being one of a number of 2nd-generation Irish immigrants who have become union leaders in the UK. Producer: Daniel Kraemer