Derek Robinson obituary

Trade union leader nicknamed ‘Red Robbo’ who came to prominence in the 1970s as the convener of British Leyland’s Longbridge plant near BirminghamFor a brief period at the height of the industrial conflicts of the 1970s between the trade unions and both Labour and Conservative governments, few union leaders were better known than Derek Robinson, who has died aged 90. As the convener of one of the largest manufacturing complexes in the country, the British Leyland motor company&