I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those cant. – 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
It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet or that citizens rights come second to those of corporations. – Frances OGrady
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