TGWU
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In his early 20s, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University, before rejoining the TGWU, eventually heading its research and education department.
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The union operated a closed shop on Bristol's buses - no-one could be employed on the service unless they belonged to and were approved by the TGWU.
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In Bristol, hundreds of black employees at the city's Fry's chocolate factory belonged to the TGWU.
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At first the TGWU's regional secretary Ron Nethercott - at the time dubbed "the most powerful man in the West Country" by the local media - publicly declared that the crews would have no objection to black labour joining their ranks.
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The TGWU, it alleged, was not doing enough "to get the race virus out of the systems of their ranks and file".
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