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RMT leaders: Crow's legacy lives on in us
Union will 'bite back' at opportunist attacks after untimely death

Leaders of rail union RMT warned bosses on Saturday that members are ready to "bite back" at opportunistic attacks in the wake of the death of general secretary Bob Crow.

RMT member Geoff Revell explained at the People's Assembly national conference that the union could not just "shrug off" Mr Crow's untimely death last Tuesday.

"He was in your life, not just in your branch," he remembered at the London meeting.

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