It Occurred to Me Or, How Did I Get Here?

About the Book

Peter Carr writes with candour and humour of attempts to reform the chaotic collective bargaining system in the 1960s and 1970s.

A posting to Washington in the diplomatic service provided a valuable insight into parts of American society. He met and dealt with some of the great American labour leaders such as A. Philip Randolph, the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and George Meany, the politically powerful head of the American Federation of Labour.

About the Author

On Mr. Carr's return to Britain he took on a post in the Northeast and played a crucial role in the development of a policy for inner-city rejuvenation.

From there he found himself at the head of the Health Services in the Northern Region during a traumatic period of Health Service reform.