Sunday, May 03, 2026

Father of the chapel (FoC)

 In print this was what Union shop stewards were called. The title harks back to when printing was done by monks I believe. I must admit in my experience FoCs were 'firm's men' effectively chosen by management. When I got into trouble which was often they would be there and say something like 'I can only agree with X - young people would give their eye teeth for a job like yours'. Disappointing.