Observations of an Expat

Observations of an Expat

Looking Back-- First Union Problems

An American Journalist's Half Century in Britain and the Wider World

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Tom Arms
Nov 26, 2025
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Looking Back

An America Journalist’s Half Century in Britain and the Wider World

CHAPTER FIVE

FIRST UNION PROBLEMS

I was a problem. A trade union problem. And in 1970s Britain you did not want to be a trade union problem.

My status as a union problem stemmed from the editor’s greed, or, at least, his desire to save money on his editorial salary budget. When …

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