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DEREK ROBINSON

Longbridge, Birmingham, England 20 February 1980. Union activist Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson, a Union Leader at British Leyland Longbridge car plant holds an open meeting at .Crofton Park, opposite the factory. Robinson has been sacked, voters eventually voted against a strike to support him.
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1980s Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson Union Leader British Leyland
Longbridge, Birmingham, England 20 February 1980. Union activist Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson, a Union Leader at British Leyland Longbridge car plant holds an open meeting at .Crofton Park, opposite the factory. Robinson has been sacked, voters eventually voted against a strike to support him.

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From gallery: DEREK ROBINSON
Source: HOMER SYKES
Date: 4 Aug 2011
Location: Birmingham Greater Birmingham UK
Credit: HOMER SYKES
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