[…]he face. And all the blokes just laughed. And then it went silent. And he stormed off and I realised I was just told then that I just, I just hit the NATKE shop  steward right around the face [laughter]. So the first point everybody thought oh great, you know, that’s brilliant. Then it was ooh […]
[…]e to the office, find out who's done all this." So of course it all came out didn't it? I even got a letter from the chief steward as well about that NATKE were going to go to town, I mean it even got as far as O'Brien!Bob Allen: Because you were running the projector for the film shows?Mickey Hicke[…]
[…] highly delighted, and there was a bit of back pay in with it. And every studio had a work's committee, which the three unions were - that's the ACT, NATKE, that's the stagehands, and the ETU, the electricians. And er - everything worked very smoothly, there was no trouble. And not only that, but it[…]
[…]d he said "I would agree it but you will never get George Elvin to agree". I says "What happens if I get George Elvin to agree?" he says "You'll have NATKE's support". Because I intended to get the unions' approval before I went to the IBA. So I called George Elvin, he came up to see me, and he said[…]
[…] the plasterers shop tended to be organised. A member of NATKE, Tom discusses the role of Trade Unions within the […]
[…] So that was that. So I became a member of NATKE. And then about three days later, another man came […]
[…] he remembers details of the early relationship between ETU and NATKE, as well as of working practices and disputes over […]
[…] his rel ationship with figures such as Tom O’Brien of NATKE and Alan Sapper of ACT. Particularly important films he […]
