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Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan sits down with Nick Robinson on the week his members voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, bringing an end to two years of strike action.

Mick Whelan is general secretary of Aslef, the union representing train drivers. He sits down with Nick on the week his members voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, bringing an end to two years of strike action.

Whelan reflects on growing up in working-class west London, and being one of a number of second-generation Irish immigrants who have become union leaders in the UK.

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