When last we checked in on American Federation of Teachers Local 231, the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), Randi Weingarten at AFT
national headquarters had attempted to restore order after the chaotic reign of former union president Steve Conn by placing the DFT in
trusteeship.
He claimed ever after to have remained an outsider, despite his appointment as CBE (1976), a knighthood (1992) and being made a Companion of Honour (2003), with
trusteeships, successively, of the Tate and the
National Gallery, appearances on TV's The South Bank Show, with Melvyn Bragg, and Arena, with Alan Yentob, and sundry honorary fellowships and doctorates.