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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I am afraid it had a convulsion and died at 1900 hours.
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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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The vets on board were initially cautiously optimistic that it was healthy and could be released. But that has been replaced by pessimism as its condition deteriorates rapidly.
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The vet said there were injuries to the top of its head and it was clearly swimming in a disorientated manner. There was also a tremor in it's tail, like a spasm, which indicated its health is compromised.
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Five weeks ago you were unfairly sacked by a ruthless, union-busting employer, but I can assure you that the battle goes on.
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There's no sense competing for existing union members - we have to ask the question, why has union membership dropped to seven million from 11 million in this country.
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The animal suddenly deteriorated and it had convulsions and died. This is the kind of thing that can happen with these animals. It is a dreadful shame.
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We've got to restore customer confidence, ... Let's not underestimate the marketplace out there.
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Today's increase will make a real difference to the lives of the lowest paid members of the workforce.
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Mr Blair has made history and no one's more pleased than me that we've got a Labour prime minister in for a third term. No-one's more pleased than me. We put our money, and our people and our efforts, where our mouth is. We've done that as a whole trade union movement not just the T&G.
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Make no mistake, we will be looking, as a matter of the utmost urgency, to explore with the company as well as with ministers ways to have this devastating decision reversed.
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The reality of it is Mr. Blair has already decided to stand down himself - it is a question of timing. The sooner that happens now and we get stability in our party with a new leader who makes their own mark, on what their policies are, what their government is and what the future is, that will be an awful lot better for British work, and men and women, and the British working public.
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It once again smacks of it being far easier and cheaper to sack British workers. We are not prepared to be treated unfairly or disproportionately with other workers across Europe.
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Following the post-mortem, the animal will be disposed of by the local authority.