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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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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He didn't tackle the big issues which are critical to the union movement, such as rights at work. It was the usual Brown speech and that is why he got a flat reception.
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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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Jack Jones is the greatest living trade unionist and a fearless champion for standing up and fighting back for justice,
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All the crew on the barge are shattered by the death. They were tired and exhausted but had been determined to do everything they could to get the whale to safety. It really is a terrible shame.
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This is a very critical point in the operation.
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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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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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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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It always was a trade-off between the whale's health and the distance we could take it to deep water. It seems now the decision will have to be taken in the next couple of hours.
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This is the situation where we can use the skills, the training and the equipment that we have. We will be guided in the long-term by the vet's opinion of the whale.
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We've got to restore customer confidence, ... Let's not underestimate the marketplace out there.