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title: "2 Len McCluskey Quotes - Famous Trade unionist (Always Red)"
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# Len McCluskey

(1950)   Trade Unionist

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Len McCluskey is a trade unionist, best known for *Always Red*.

## Quick Facts About Len McCluskey

Born July 23, 1950

Profession Trade Unionist

Notable works Always Red

## About Len McCluskey

Leonard David McCluskey is a retired British trade unionist. He was general secretary of Unite the Union, the largest affiliate and a major donor to the Labour Party. As a young adult, he spent some years working in the Liverpool Docks for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company prior to becoming a full-time union official for the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU) in 1979.

##  Quotes by Len McCluskey

> [Conservative Party membership has almost halved since David Cameron become leader. The truth is the Tories are financially reliant on, and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/len-mccluskey/conservative-party-membership-has-almost-halved-since-david-cameron/)

[Len McCluskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/len-mccluskey/)

[Behalf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behalf/)

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> [If the Labour manifesto is a pale shade of austerity, then I believe Labour will be defeated at the next election](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/len-mccluskey/if-the-labour-manifesto-is-a-pale-shade-of-austerity-then-i-believe/)

[Len McCluskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/len-mccluskey/)

[Austerity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/austerity/)

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