Crow was returned unopposed for a further five-year term of office in 2006. His second term of office indicated that he had reached a peak – on which he would continue – in terms of dominating the union with his political authority and fighting track record. Three industrial-political initiatives were taken in this term of office; the creation of the National Shop Stewards’ Network, NO2EU and TUSC (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition). Whilst the first sought to underpin the latter two, NO2EU and TUSC sought to provide alternative means of political representation for the RMT in order to avoid being sent into the political wilderness after disaffiliation. The pursuit of industrial unionism, increased bargaining gains and strengthening union organisation all continued apace.