He was part of the covert Metropolitan police unit, the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), that monitored hundreds of political groups between 1968 and 2008.
Last night, Francis gave a statement to a packed meeting in Parliament that marked the launch of a new book about the blacklisting of thousands of workers by multi-national construction firms.
The book, Blacklisted : the Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists (by Dave Smith and Phil Chamberlain), describes evidence of how police covertly shared information about trade unionists with the blacklisters.
via Covert police unit spied on trade union members, whistleblower reveals | UK news | The Guardian.
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