PETER BOOTH (who? you may well ask) is the main right wing candidate in the imminent elections London, for deputy general secre tary of the Transport & most General Workers Union. city in Booth is presently the union's national organiser for the fast-diminishing manufacturing sector. The fact that he almost unheard of shows how much of a genuine battle he has led.
But there easy answer for the genuine left in the T&G, because the candidate for the "broad left" is Tony Woodley, the union's national automotive officer.
Woodley's record within the car industry is one of from arguing strongly for conto cession bargaining - sacrificing jobs and conditions in the hopes of persuading management to keep factories open - during threatened closures at Ford Dagenham and Vauxhall's Luton plant.
Among the concessions embraced by Woodley has been the hated system of "banking hours" which he for has pushed through one mass meeting after another - leaving workers to face the consequences.
The T&G broad left takes the view that because Woodley has been repeatedly featured in the media, notably around the decision by BMW to close its plants at Longbridge, people will vote for him.
But for those who have to go on working in the worsened conditions created by Woodley's "concessions are understandably hostile to him.
It is said that because Woodley is seen as a bit of a renegade, Bill Morris and the T&G leadership wants Booth elected as a safe pair of hands to stop any major struggles.