By Arthur Martin and Gerri Peev On the beach: Bob Crow relaxes in Rio as part of his £10,000 holiday Bob Crow is facing a mounting backlash for masterminding two crippling rail strikes during a lavish £10,000 holiday. The £145,000-a-year union chief has been accused of making empty promises over talks to avert the walkouts. Last week the RMT was issuing statements in his name from London offering to meet the capital’s mayor Boris Johnson to solve the dispute over changes to the Underground. In reality, however, the firebrand was sunning himself in South America, thousands of miles away. Fresh pictures show him dancing with his girlfriend Nicola Hoarau, 49, on of a cruise ship.
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RMT leader, who earns £145,000 a year, accused of making empty promises
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Statements were being issued in his name while he relaxed in Rio de Janeiro
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He was pictured deepening his lobster-red tan on Copacabana beach
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Also visited the famous Christo Redentor statue overlooking the city
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The holiday, which included a cruise ship jaunt, cost around £10,000
The 53-year-old’s sun-soaked antics will anger some @placeholder workers, who will lose out on wages when they begin their first of two 48-hour strikes tomorrow.