My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out. – Frances OGrady
I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those cant. – Frances OGrady
I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. Ive always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal. – Frances OGrady
The TUCs new slogan a future that works sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model. – Frances OGrady