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| NUPE Conference 1988 |
For most of the 1980s the National
Union of Public Employees (NUPE) was one of my most regular, and most
enjoyable, sources of work. Its members were the unsung heroes of
our public services – ambulance drivers, cleaners, carers,
caretakers, cooks, dustmen, home helps, hospital porters and other
NHS ancillary staff, street cleaners and more – and my commissions for
the NUPE Journal gave me the opportunity to visit a huge variety of
workplaces and meet the people who worked in them (more about that
here).
The monthly assignments also meant I
frequently photographed the union's General Secretary, Rodney
Bickerstaffe, whose untimely passing was announced this week. It was
always a pleasure. He was wise, witty, warm and, above all, a
fantastic public speaker. He will be sorely missed.
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Speaking for a national minimum wage at the TUC 1986
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