His research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.
He obtained a First Class BA (Hons) Social Studies degree from Liverpool Polytechnic in 1987, before completing his MA in Labour Studies and PhD in Industrial Relations from the University of Warwick.
[2] His research is concerned with the dynamics of trade union organisation, activity and consciousness in Britain and internationally both with a contemporary and within a historical context.
[3] Since 1992 Darlington has been secretary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society, the primary forum for academic and practitioner debates in the field of industrial relations in the north of England.
In addition to acting in an advisory capacity for a number of trade unions, his research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.