Tony Woodley
Tony Woodley
Anthony Woodleyis a British trade unionist who was the Joint-General Secretary of Unite, a union formed through the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union, from 2007 to 2011. Despite stepping down as Joint-General Secretary, he remained as the Head of Organising for Unite until December 2013 and is still a consultant to the union. He was previously the General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers unionfrom 2004 to 2007...
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 January 1948
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With the world divided, the United Nations divided, our country divided and our party divided, it would be inexplicable if we did not have a debate on this crucially important issue.
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Our teams on the barge are devastated. We knew it was a race against time. We tried everything we could.
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The most critical part of the operation seems to have been passed smoothly.
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This plan offers a future worth fighting for.
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This is the situation where we can use the skills, the training and the equipment that we have. We will be guided in the long-term by the vet's opinion of the whale.
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The whale is in an alien environment for its species. It is obviously distressed and tired and we must warn that there may not be a happy ending to this unfolding saga.
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It is generally accepted that the animal was lost, being away from its normal environment of the deep sea Atlantic. But until the post-mortem is completed we can?t tell if it had major internal problems or not.
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Jack Jones is the greatest living trade unionist and a fearless champion for standing up and fighting back for justice,
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It always was a trade-off between the whale's health and the distance we could take it to deep water. It seems now the decision will have to be taken in the next couple of hours.
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Part of this windfall should be handed back to the public through a one-off tax to help ease the pensions crisis.
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He didn't tackle the big issues which are critical to the union movement, such as rights at work. It was the usual Brown speech and that is why he got a flat reception.
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There was a real chance that the rescue attempt could have succeeded, but these type of mammals are very prone to the effects of stress and I'm afraid it all became too much.
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There was also a tremor in its tail, like a spasm, which indicated its health is compromised.
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This is a very critical point in the operation.