From a Liverpool call centre to the biggest union job in the country

Paul Nowak has always been an organiser. As a child, living with his family in Bebington on the Wirral, he used to arrange games and events for the kids in his street. “I used to organise mini Olympic games on the street with medal ceremonies and everything,” he recalls while standing in that same Wirral street. Paul said: “One time we borrowed dogs from local residents and held a big dog show in our garage. My uncle was a welder and made us medals. I remember being gutted when the guy we asked to judge the show didn’t pick my…