Bob Crow left school at 16 and took a job as an apprentice track worker. He worked on the railways for the rest of his life.
The RMT leader was clear about the importance of taking action The 52-year-old was born in east London on June 13, 1961, and moved with his family to Essex as a toddler.
He became one of the most high-profile, left-wing union leaders of his generation, sparking as much anger among passengers hit by rail and Tube strikes as praise from his members for winning pay rises.
Mr Crow started working for London Underground at 16 His first job was on London Underground as an apprentice track worker and he soon became involved in union activity, becoming a local representative at the age of 20 for what was then the National Union of Railwaymen.
He won the union's youth award - handed to him by veteran general secretary Jimmy Knapp, whom he later succeeded - and rose quickly through the ranks, via the executive, to the top job.
His formative years were at a time when unions enjoyed huge power and influence over the country, thanks to leaders such as Jack Jones, Hugh Scanlon and Joe Gormley.
Under his leadership, the RMT was one of Britain's fastest-growing unions He took part in a TUC-organised nationwide day of action in 1980, and the next strike he joined was on the Tube - a day after returning from his honeymoon in 1982.
After that he took part in, or helped organise, official and unofficial strikes against London Underground and was clear about the need to take action to improve pay and conditions.
"I don't shirk from taking industrial action," he said. "Our job is to negotiate the best pay and conditions. Industrial action is the last resort and you don't take it lightly - but when you start you don't finish until you have won. That's what I have been brought up on."
Crow and colleagues adding their protest at the Leveson Inquiry Mr Crow maintained he wanted to do the "very best" for his members, wherever they worked and whichever political party they belonged to.
"I will be the captain, steering the ship, but the members will make all the decisions," he said.
He was constantly involved in industrial disputes and campaigns and led a walkout by London Underground workers last month in a dispute over ticket office closures.
Mr Crow said he wanted to do the "very best" for his members Apart from his devotion to Millwall football club - he had been supporting the team since first going to the ground as a young boy - Mr Crow had an unusual interest outside his job.
"I'm really interested in the weather," he admitted. "I spend ages looking at weather maps and graphs. I have a barometer in the house and if I could have been anything else other than a union official I would have been a footballer - or a weatherman."
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