Ian Allinson has been a workplace activist since 1991, working for a private sector employer which didn't recognise a union for most workers, and where he led a number of strikes including the first national strike in the IT industry. He served ten years on the national Executive Committees of Amicus and Unite, and was a candidate for Unite General Secretary in 2017. He is currently industrial action coordinator on the executive committee of Manchester TUC, where he was previously President. 

Colin Revolting's cartoons have been published by New Musical Express and the Ramblers Association. Colin has twice been dismissed for organising at work - once in a large public institution and later in a small charity. He is still trying to organise at work, hence the pseudonym.