Chris Murphy
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Chris Murphy worked on exhibitions at Earl's Court since the late 60s. He became a shop steward and then a convenor in the ASW, Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, which merged in the 70s with the bricklayers and painters unions as UCATT, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians. He was blacklisted after a dispute over the Motor Show being moved from Earl's Court to Birmingham and went on to be the convenor of shop stewards at London Transport Parsons Green joiners works and worked on London Underground till his retirement in 2010.

In his clip he describes how the building industry has changed over the years, so that now, many companies are involved in the construction of one building.

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Title Murphy, Chris
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Production Date 2013
Format Photograph
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Holding Institution TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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