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“Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.”

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Frances O'Grady

Frances O'Grady is a renowned individual whose profession and category are unknown. Born on November 9, 1959, her life story and achievements are not well-documented. more

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“I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.”

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“In the U.S. the powerful critics of austerity such as Paul Krugman and Robert Reich rightly identify the decline of 'labor' as a problem, and renewing trade unionism part of the solution. Our opportunity is to make the same case in the UK.”

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“Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.”

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“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.”

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“I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.”

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“I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.”

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“The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.”

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“Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I suspect will become increasingly impatient in their appetite for tax cuts, deregulation and shrinking the state even further.”

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“Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0% balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy.”

“The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.”

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Author:Frances O'Grady