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
alien distressed ending environment happy obviously tired unfolding warn whale
The whale is in an alien environment for its species. It is obviously distressed and tired and we must warn that there may not be a happy ending to this unfolding saga.
fighting future offers plan worth
This plan offers a future worth fighting for.
crew determined exhausted shattered terrible tired whale
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.
blair history labor labour minister mouth movement mr people pleased prime third trade union
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.
critical point
This is a very critical point in the operation.
health
There was also a tremor in its tail, like a spasm, which indicated its health is compromised.
ease handed help pensions public tax
Part of this windfall should be handed back to the public through a one-off tax to help ease the pensions crisis.
accepted animal completed deep environment generally internal major normal problems sea until
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.
couple decision deep distance health next seems taken
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.
equipment guided opinion situation training
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.
accepted great however majority members pleased shop voluntary work
I am pleased however that our shop stewards and members have accepted a settlement that will see the great majority of our members go back to work or take voluntary separation,
bmw car company losses suffer time
I do not know another multi-national car company that would suffer the losses BMW has and at the same time
board condition healthy initially optimistic pessimism replaced
The vets on board were initially cautiously optimistic that it was healthy and could be released. But that has been replaced by pessimism as its condition deteriorates rapidly.
assure battle five goes sacked unfairly weeks
Five weeks ago you were unfairly sacked by a ruthless, union-busting employer, but I can assure you that the battle goes on.