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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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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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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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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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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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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Today's increase will make a real difference to the lives of the lowest paid members of the workforce.
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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.
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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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This plan offers a future worth fighting for.
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The most critical part of the operation seems to have been passed smoothly.