Almost - Softcover

Dodds, Andrew L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0754115321 ISBN 13: 9780754115328

Publisher: Minerva Press, 2001

Synopsis

When Andrew Dodds gained a seat on the Labour Party National Executive in 1987, Labour was in turmoil. Militant tendency, the Bennites and mavericks like Ken Livingstone were busy upsetting the apple cart; and the Tories were picking up the apples. Moderates like Andrew Dodds, Assistant General Secretary of the NUR, were keen to support Neil Kinnock in his adjustment of Labour's policies and aims in the face of the Tory onslaught. Nearly fifty years of work in trade unions took Dodds almost to the top. Who was it who pipped him to the post, and why? Decades of change, shifting power, changing work practices and committee-room in-fighting are all recorded in this illuminating memoir, along with details of Dodds's family and the sacrifices they made. As the author himself says, maybe a clear conscience is better than getting to the top. But who's to say that AGS of one of the most powerful unions in the land isn't the top for someone who left school at fourteen?

Edition details

• Publisher: Minerva Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754115321
• ISBN 13: 9780754115328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151