Ralph Darlington is Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Salford and author of numerous journal articles, books and book chapters on the dynamics of trade unionism and strike activity in both British and international contexts. Previous books include The Dynamics of Workplace Unionism (1994), The Political Trajectory of J.T. Murphy (1998), Glorious Summer: Class Struggle in Britain, 1972 (2001), Syndicalism and the Transition to Communism (2008) and Radical Unionism (2013). He is an editorial board member of the International Association of Strikes and Social Conflicts journal, Workers of the World, and his work has been featured in national newspapers, and on radio and television. https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/ralph-darlington Twitter: @irrelations