"There is nothing that says unions have a……" — Frances O'Grady
"There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce."
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39 Quotes by Frances O'Grady
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- A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and…
- I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.
- I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to…
- I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in…
- I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
- I'd be happy to have regular face-to-face meetings at Downing Street with David Cameron to argue the case for alternative…
- Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me…
- There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd…
- You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and…
- With real wages still falling for many, people are increasingly being forced to use their credit cards, their dwindling savings,…
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