After he asked me a few times, I finallycaved in and had a slice of cake.
2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, inRAIL, number972, page46:
Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, theycaved in.
