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The trade unionist who stood up to be counted
Retiring union organiser TOMMY CAMPBELL speaks to Conrad Landin about a life of political and trade union struggle

“CAN you imagine what it would have been like offshore if there weren’t unions, how bad it would have become?”

Tommy Campbell has reached a crescendo as he speaks with pride of his work organising oil and gas workers over the last five years.

Today, labour movement activists from Aberdeen and across Scotland will gather to celebrate Campbell’s 50 years of campaigning for a better world, as he retires as an official of trade union Unite.

All those acts of defiance taught me about standing up for yourself, but also standing up for others

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