Employment relations: Stephen Overell talks to former union officials who have switched sides to move into management about why they did it and how colleagues and friends have reacted

No qualms of conscience accompanied This summer, before the wildcat strikes at British Airways and the airline’s outsourced caterer Gate Gourmet, Rory Murphy moved from decision to leave union official his position as number three in the biggest private sector union in Britain and take a to outsourcing consultant. pay cut to become an employee of an outsourcing consultancy this summer.