Keith Faulkner RIP - a loss to the whole movement‏

The trade union movement has lost a great servant in Keith Faulkner. Quietly effective and described by TUC colleagues as "invincible and at the hub of everything, not only organisation wise, but physically too!" he had that rarest of gifts, the ability to implement a plan and make things happen.

He commanded an authority across the unions which few can match. Keith was a good ally of UNISON, assisting with our union’s national demonstrations against low pay and racism. Oh, and he was a formidable footballer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/04/keith-faulkner-obituary?CMP=twt_iph

Bill Gilby