Radical labor leader Bob Crow, has won control of Britain?s powerful Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT)---whose 57,000 members are currently engaged in a pay dispute with several railroad companies---by almost a four to one margin over his nearest competitor. The victory of the Socialist Labour party member has deepened the concerns of the center-left Labour party currently in power with increasing union militancy, and raised fears that support for re-nationalization of Britain?s railroads will lead to further strike action in an industry that has already been brought almost to a halt twice this year by the current pay dispute.
See "Strike fears as leftwinger wins rail union ballot", CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, Financial Times, February 13, 2002